How is package management via apt any different than using homebrew? They're both equally "bolted on".
Most of my concerns with regards to the OS I use has to do with the stuff I do 10s or 100s of times a day.
Because it's part of the answer to the question "How is package management via apt any different than using homebrew?", and (I think) supports my assertion that Apt is more of a piece of core OS functionality than Brew is.
I love apt, but I have no philosophical stake in the game. Both allow me to install things from command line. In that respect, they are functionally identical to me.
Then once a quarter or half-year, I need to do an OS upgrade, and then I use two different systems depending on platform (I use both regularly). Let's say one takes 15 minutes and uses apt, and the other takes 45 minutes and uses App Store.
Then I amortize that over the preceding three months, and in both cases the attention required, confusion created, and effort expended approaches zero rapidly, regardless of system.
Like I said, if you're a system admin, then sure.
Because updating Arch is about 100x faster than updating a Mac to a new version. The loading bar looks nearly complete and then "About 17 minutes remaining."
$ brew install gnome-desktop
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 3 taps (caskroom/cask, caskroom/versions, homebrew/core).
==> Renamed Formulae
php70 -> php@7.0
Error: No available formula with the name "gnome-desktop"
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
==> Searching local taps...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching taps...
==> Searching taps on GitHub...
Error: No formulae found in taps.