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Am I the only one who prefers macports over homework? And Safari over Chrome? And the default terminal.


Safari, Terminal.app, Homebrew here.

I’m on Homebrew because it hasn’t given me any trouble in years, has an outstanding package library, and because back when I first tried Macports in like 2012 it liked to break itself every few months while doing very normal things, so I tried Homebrew and never looked back.


I had a traumatic experience with homebrew in the early days where it killed my system to the point where I had to do a fresh OS install. Also I find their beer-making jargon annoying.


I tried to switch to Safari and used it regularly for a few weeks on my M1 air. Every so often, web sites would simply stop opening after using Safari for a few hours and only a restart of Safari would fix it. I didn't have any patience to file a bug report. So I just switched back to Firefox.


I vastly prefer safari followed by firefox when a site doesn’t work right.


I’ve been told that MacPorts was better for some reason. It feels more polished than Homebrew but I don’t know why. Anyway, it has all the applications I need so there is that.


You're not the only one. I vastly prefer MacPorts.


I use the default terminal as well. The only thing I miss is right click to paste.


Safari makes for a smoother experience between iPhone and mac I guess




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