Yes. For a desktop system where you want to update complex multi-gig apps perhaps once per week this isn't just the better option, this is the ONLY option. For

Yes. For a desktop system where you want to update complex multi-gig apps perhaps once per week this isn't just the better option, this is the ONLY option. For a smartphone, the same. For a server or security sensitive system? Perhaps a different scenario. You wouldn't update a dozen large complex apps every week on such a system. I think the issue is that the distros with their application trees are trying to solve a handful of completely different problems. Me updating a 5GB IDE and a Game once a week is not the same problem to solve as running a web server.