And keep running software that is 4-5 years old until the maintainers decide that they're ready for a new stable release, unless you use testing and backports?

And keep running software that is 4-5 years old until the maintainers decide that they're ready for a new stable release, unless you use testing and backports? No thanks. I used Debian for years, and I stopped using it out of frustration when I realized that I couldn't install what was available on basically all other distros without risking breaking the system. It's a good choice if you want to run a stable server, it's an awful choice for desktop users.