I'm sorry, I was thinking phone in previous comment. Yes, you can run binaries on macos with fiddling (but my comment does apply to ios)
I tried installing "Flameshot" via homebrew and it wouldn't run until I went into Finder, right clicked it and clicked open. Luckily it's mentioned in their docs [0] or I would have never guessed to do this.
[0] https://flameshot.org/docs/installation/installation-osx/
If I were you, I would relax. At least you are not being shoved onto Win 11.
And then think about that. Seriously. I did. Have a few times off and on over the years as we sink into this mess.
I bet you find an OS that does a bit more than you may otherwise prefer to prevent trouble. If so, fair call in my book.
Just how big of a deal is that?
Compared to Android, Windows 10 and tons of network services and such and what they do not do FOR you, and instead do TO you.
And you can run a respectable and useful installation of Linux on that spiffy Apple hardware when it gets old. So make sure it gets old, know what I mean?
It could all be way worse.
As someone that just got out of a gig where I had to run Docker on MacOS - for the love of god, I would have done almost anything to use Windows 11.
Look - if I'm going to be treated like garbage, advertised to and patronized, at least let me use the system that can run Linux shells without turning into a nuclear reactor.
If I did not love computing, I would have bagged on all this long ago.
I also notice two other installation options in your link that do not come with those additional instructions — which to me suggests with whatever they’re doing on homebrew.
There are sets of deep roots in play here.
Phrasing struggles are rooted in the differences in these systems, and unless we have spent time in each, struggle seems likely.
That said, I spent time on the Apple side of the computing house early on... I know it helps.