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Apple continuing to kiss Musk's ass won't keep him from crapping all over them at the first opportunity. Musk is a seriously demented humanoid—an Xopath.

Wouldn't consider a car without carplay

CheeseFreeze said:

jrcw said:

Why has Apple consistently refused to include a Install/Uninstall applications manager?

Because the official way to install an app is to drag in into Applications and to uninstall it is to drag into the trashcan.
Companies who deliver an installer work outside that recommended methodology.
And because Apple wants to promote their App Store, they deliver that ‘uninstalled’ method from the store itself.
I do agree however that a list view in Settings would help where you just select Update (App Store only) or Uninstall.

The standard way, assuming the program is following all of the App guidelines Apple lays out, is to drag the .appbundle from the installation location (usually /Applications) to the Trash.

There are some exceptions to this, but for the most part that's how you do it.

The program files that get left behind in ~/Library/Application Support can also be cleaned up if you wish, but they're generally considered benign and can be ignored.

There are uninstall helpers that make the removal of an application and all its support files much easier. So you don't have to Google for details on how to remove things. Take a look at TrashMe or AppCleaner -- both of these tools attempt to automate the search and removal of support files that go along with applications. In the case of TrashMe, it also helps you uninstall widgets and System Configuration plugins, which is handy. I personally prefer TrashMe.

Some software integrates so deeply (MacFuSE or Growl for example) in to the system that the only way to uninstall it via a script. In these cases there is usually an uninstall script in the .dmg file that you downloaded to install the software or one provided by the developer on their website.

A well-written and informative comment, CheeseFreeze. In the past I used TrashMe after my go-to AppCleaner was less or completely ineffective, likely due to an incompatibility with a macOS update or conflict with other software on my machine. I now use Remove-It which is quick and efficient in removing ancillary files associated with any App. I was unaware of Apple's recommended protocols. Most of the files removed with the aforementioned "one-trick-ponies" usually seem to be quite small but having been on the Mac since 1992 and most often migrating from older machines right up to my current work-horse MBP 16 Pro Max, the build up of all these unnecessary files take up space and have the potential to cause conflict. 

The only sentence I scanned from this article said "Apple always comes late" HUH!……iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, Apple Watch, Air Pods…………THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM!