Update macOS install instructions: Homebrew formulae, Bazelisk

First of all, clarify the situation with the two Homebrew packages.

The default homebrew/core formula is community-maintained and builds from
source; the Homebrew project does not install upstream binaries as a matter of
policy: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Acceptable-Formulae.md#we-dont-like-binary-formulae

Meanwhile, the `bazelbuild` tap is maintained by us and installs our official
macOS binary package.

Users may choose either (depending on their personal philosophy about building
from source vs. using official binaries), but we encourage the `bazelbuild` option, since we can better control that it delivers a good experience.

Second, remove the Bazelisk paragraph (duplicated in install-bazelisk.md)

Addresses part of #11243.

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README.md

Bazel

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