Buried in legalese: “For development use only. No production. Also, we may audit you.”
Because Step 1: The Oracle of “Free” You Google “Java 21 download mac” . First result: oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk21-archive-downloads.html . java 21 download mac
Wait, what? Java is free, right?
java -version # openjdk version "21.0.2" 2024-07-16 LTS You’re done. No Oracle account. No license anxiety. No Intel-on-ARM sadness. Buried in legalese: “For development use only