alt Hacker NewsI've downloaded and installed too many packages where the developers didn't bother with this, but I uncritically went to Mac's security settings to let it do its thing anyway.
I don't know if developer utilities can be distributed through the app store, but they should be so that Apple can review them properly. Criticisms aside, the iOS App Store and the iOS security model has been the best thing for software security (especially for lay-people), ever.
Apple controlling CLI utilities is a bad supposedly good idea.
They can’t stop themselves from tightening their grip ever tighter, and always want to ensure you have no functionality above what they deemed sufficient.
Apple taking over Homebrew would be a disaster.