- /nix has been the (default) location for at least 15 years without problems, changing this now just because Apple messed with this would be very strange
- With Nix, every path in /nix/store has its own ./bin, ./share, ./lib, etc. As such, putting /nix anywhere but in / doesn't make much sense
- And honestly, it's just short, fresh and distinctly different. The path symbolizes that Nix isn't bound by the conventions of other distro's
And problems with changing this now:
- It would be a huge amount of effort, there's many places where this location is assumed, not only in code, but also by people
- Finding the workforce to actually do this change will be near impossible, as the only benefit is a slightly easier installation for the latest macOS version, which is not Nix's main platform
- With Nix, every path in /nix/store has its own ./bin, ./share, ./lib, etc. As such, putting /nix anywhere but in / doesn't make much sense
- And honestly, it's just short, fresh and distinctly different. The path symbolizes that Nix isn't bound by the conventions of other distro's
And problems with changing this now:
- It would be a huge amount of effort, there's many places where this location is assumed, not only in code, but also by people
- Finding the workforce to actually do this change will be near impossible, as the only benefit is a slightly easier installation for the latest macOS version, which is not Nix's main platform