Am I crazy to refuse to use a package manager on macOS? I thing that you should just follow the instructions and understand how to install a project. As an exam

Am I crazy to refuse to use a package manager on macOS? I thing that you should just follow the instructions and understand how to install a project. As an example, I use a lot FFmpeg, just doing brew install ffmpeg does not make sense for me; there are so many options... you need to understand what they are and the implications...