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I always liked that macOS gave you a version of these scripting runtimes. Not a great one, not the latest one, but one. Being able to run a quick Python script without installing things on someone else's computer was always convenient. It'll be sad to see these all go.

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I use Python scripts every day, dozens of times a day, on Mac OS. I’d still prefer not to have Python integrated. Having multiple random versions floating around on the system (v2 plus a random v3 if you have Xcode installed) has been way more of a headache than it’s be worth.

I would much rather just have Mac OS come without Python and set up pyenv myself.

As someone who works with PHP on Mac OS, the installed version was nothing more than annoyance you have to deal with if you're using the actual runtime. Otherwise, used Docker and ignored it.

See, this is kind of the opposite situation, because you can bother to install a good Python that suits your needs. I’d just like a Python for the times I am at my mom’s computer and need to write a quick script, and I don’t want to install anything just for that. For conflicts: I wish Apple let you uninstall the “system” versions. But I still would like to keep them.

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