We could pay for Google (or somebody else) to do it for us. We would pay to access their ”distribution”, a limited set of packages vetted by them. Distribution

We could pay for Google (or somebody else) to do it for us. We would pay to access their ”distribution”, a limited set of packages vetted by them. Distribution vendor would screen changes from upstream and incorporate into their versions. Of course this is more limited world. It’s like using a paid Linux distribution with certain amount of software covered by the vendors support policies.