there is no alternative better than Brew--and its latest version has very good defaults in place: no need for sudo, everything tucked in a little safe corner, a

there is no alternative better than Brew--and its latest version has very good defaults in place: no need for sudo, everything tucked in a little safe corner, auto-runs update before a new install, and helpful error messages. I don't see why we should be so nitpicking over something that serves us so well.