After much struggle, I reached the same conclusion. And it gets around the problem of downloading collections only to find that they don't support the version o

After much struggle, I reached the same conclusion. And it gets around the problem of downloading collections only to find that they don't support the version of python on the system you're trying to use it on. But since those collections get stored in python site-packages instead of anything in ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH, it's still kind of confusing. And I still haven't checked what happens if a teammate accidentally installs the latest collection version locally in their home from Galaxy as well (a stupid default imho). I understand why collections got split out due to development needs, but the switch over to them has been pretty crappy from a user perspective.