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Technically macOS doesn’t come with Python pre-installed, but it does provide you with a simple path to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580198 ht
by latexr 1y ago
Technically macOS doesn’t come with Python pre-installed, but it does provide you with a simple path to do it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580198
The removal was in Monterey. Catalina and its successor Big Sur very much still had it. Catalina was the one that removed 32-bit support.
- tovazm 1y agoI think they realised the security implications, you could just take a random person macbook, open the terminal and launch python3 -m http.server 3000 --directory ~ then on the local network you could download all his files
- latexr 1y agoIf you have access to their MacBook and can open a terminal, even `rsync` (which comes preinstalled) would do the job. It seems much more likely to me they were just tired of having to manage the languages (and being constantly criticised they were behind) and simply chose to remove them.
- icedchai 1y agoThis doesn't make much sense. With physical access, I could easily just download python and do the same thing. Or anything else.