> It also uses /usr/local That is only true on Intel—on Apple Silicon it uses /opt/homebrew—so it will only become less true as time goes on. The only reason

> It also uses /usr/local That is only true on Intel—on Apple Silicon it uses /opt/homebrew—so it will only become less true as time goes on. The only reason it used /usr/local in the first place was that at the time many of the software packages it supported were broken if installed anywhere but /usr/local. In other words, Homebrew didn’t pick that location to annoy you or because they didn’t know better, but for a real practical reason. That location was always an optional default, you’re free to change it. If you do, everything will be compiled from source rather than using compiled binaries and won’t be offered support. But it does work.