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> AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008 It's not a package manager > Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using g
by dmitriid 5y ago
> AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008
It's not a package manager
> Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git
So you're using AppStore as your package manager?
> Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing.
Ah yes, the well-known decade-old hype that everyone keeps advertising.
- Maursault 5y agoA package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. [0] If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. Apple invented package managers in 2008 (LOL). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager
- dmitriid 5y ago> If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. So. Do you use it to install all your software? Oh wait. You don't: "Give me MacPorts any day of the week and twice on Sunday." So, why aren't you using App Store?
- Maursault 5y agoBecause I disable and remove App Store.