[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.