Agreed with this. There's one extra dimension though - the toolchain.
The catch with MacPorts and Homebrew is that both of them use the XCode toolchain for compilation and linking. And Apple encumbers the heck out of XCode with EULAs, App-store accounts, etc. My interpretation of GPLv3's "Installation Information" section is that Apple wouldn't be able to force you to do any of that junk if they were shipping GPLv3 components.
I hate that Apple does all of that bullshit. But somebody at Apple seems to think there's value in all that EULA protection and control, which is probably why GPLv3 software got the boot.
The catch with MacPorts and Homebrew is that both of them use the XCode toolchain for compilation and linking. And Apple encumbers the heck out of XCode with EULAs, App-store accounts, etc. My interpretation of GPLv3's "Installation Information" section is that Apple wouldn't be able to force you to do any of that junk if they were shipping GPLv3 components.
I hate that Apple does all of that bullshit. But somebody at Apple seems to think there's value in all that EULA protection and control, which is probably why GPLv3 software got the boot.