Oddbean new post about login | logout Ehm... Will pip/pip3 install as non-root uid library to system directory? Really? What is the difference to download any piece of sw directly from github as non-root user?
yes pip does non-root uid without root. they justify it as it's more open and reviewed. also that the user used sudo to install pip/python3 to begin with. I'm not saying I agree with this, just answering your question