a much worse recent change is documented here: https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/faq.html#finder-open-with https://www.mothersruin.com/sof

a much worse recent change is documented here: https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/faq.html#finder-open-with https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/faq.h... basically no experienced Mac user would ever open a .PKG package with the Installer, but rather open it with a safe inspection app (Suspicious Package, Pacifist) first, either for security inspection of the pre- & post-install scripts, or to do a manual install outright to prevent the security nightmare that actually installing a package is. while inspecting and/or manually installing packages is much safer than installing packages with the installer, it is now effectively outlawed by Apple. continuing to do things in the safe way now takes a lot more time...