[iepathos]

Yeah, I was surprised the author had an issue with using /opt since that's the expected location in *nix for the installation of add-on application software packages. Maybe he's running a multi-user machine and really wants brew in his home directory for that reason.

[nerdponx]

If anything, Brew going in /opt makes a whole lot more sense than the old default of /usr/local. Supporting individual per-user installs in the home directory would be really nice of course, but I guess that's just not something they intend to support (it's offered on Linux on the "you are on your own, good luck" basis).

[craigching]

Agreed. When brew installed in /usr/local I ranted much like this post. I’m much happier with brew since the move to /opt.