> Funny, because you also hear exactly the opposite critique here all the time: trusted sources (App Store/Google Play/Windows Store/macOS Store) are walled gar

> Funny, because you also hear exactly the opposite critique here all the time: trusted sources (App Store/Google Play/Windows Store/macOS Store) are walled gardens and represent a war against general computing and owning your device. I know you meant the Linux package repositories, but it applies to all stores. 'Curious, you say you do not like being stabbed in the face, and yet you use a knife to prepare your dinner' It's a matter of who gets to decide where the walls are and who to trust. App Store/Google Play/Windows Store/macOS Store are not and never have been curated for software the user can trust, only things that do not harm the perceived interests of their owners. They are not trusted sources.