The "Open" option should still be available for people who, for whatever reason, want to run an application directly from a DMG.
if you find yourself looking for faster routes to an end, MacOS almost always has several levels of shortcuts waiting for your muscle memory.
Not taking anything away from this project, it’s looks really interesting. But it’s definitely not a mom and pop friendly platform.
Besides, since when have app stores been difficult to use? Package management doesn’t have to be CLI based.
For people who are not "power users" then I suppose I can see the appeal. But the "it's our way or use something else" philosophy doesn't work for me. I will use something else (the problem is when you're forced into a system with that mindset). The computer is a tool, I am the master of the machine (especially as a programmer), and I can't stand feeling like there are barriers between me and how I want the system to behave. "Finesse" to me is the ability to install a completely different desktop environment if I so choose. To type "rm -rf /" as root and not have the machine question my command (very dangerous for the non power users I admit).
What I’d love to see would be a whole new desktop environment for macOS (homebrew has its warts but is a “good enough” package manager for my day to day needs)