I guess this is a valid way to frame the problem (and I personally agreed with moving it), but I'd also quibble a bit... - IIRC, ~stakeholders weren't keen on

I guess this is a valid way to frame the problem (and I personally agreed with moving it), but I'd also quibble a bit... - IIRC, ~stakeholders weren't keen on relocating it just on macOS because it would require a separate set of build/cache infrastructure (and it sounded like the macOS+Nix community would be on the hook for supporting it). - There did actually seem to be a fair amount of support for moving it globally (and Eelco, while skeptical, didn't sound like he was going to stand in the way), but the coordination work sounded significant to me. - Also, I think the circular arguments around relocating /nix played their own role in the inaction/bystanding that let the problem fester (as did, to be fair, fear/uncertainty about whether Apple would later ~secure whatever new location was chosen). For some general references on the above, see https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-499517186 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-499517... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-523340782 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-523340... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-549184101 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-549184... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-549858783 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-549858... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-550106764 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-550106... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-550211732 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-550211... https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-625855732 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925#issuecomment-625855... https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/95903#issuecomment-729807394 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/95903#issuecomment-7...