I just didn’t want it. And that’s not the point of this topic either. Not really sure why this thread needs to turn into multiple people asking me why I do or don’t want something installed. I just….wanted to stick with arm builds of products. And Rosetta will eventually go away.
How does not installing Rosetta help? If an Arm build exists, thanks to Apple's Universal Binary technology, 99% of the time you're getting it in literally the same download and file as the x86 build. Even the OS itself is like that - nearly all the applications and other executables distributed as part of macOS are Universal. (Applies both ways too, if you install Ventura on an Intel Mac, you're getting Arm code.) Third party apps are generally the same. Universal builds are very convenient for devs because they eliminate a separate download and the possibility that the user will download the wrong thing.
People are asking you why because it's this weird obsession that comes up every once in a while and they want to understand the alien mindset. You're not the only one, there's a tiny number of people who seemingly think installing Rosetta is almost like infecting their computer with something, and they want it to be pure. But nothing bad actually happens if you have it around, you just get to use more software.
