> The issue is that they can't release them all compiled into one thing. Instead the dependencies have to pollute the rest of the operating system.

Bullshit. Python supports having modules installed into local locations (see virtualenv).

Just `virtualenv ~/.local/lib/aws; ~/.local/lib/aws/bin/pip install awscli; ln -s ~/.local/lib/aws/bin/aws ~/.local/bin/aws` and put `~/.local/bin` into your PATH.