I'm not sure what you mean by "pragmatic obstacle" but it ensures Guix will be super duper niche forever, which I don't think the developers mind. For regular u

I'm not sure what you mean by "pragmatic obstacle" but it ensures Guix will be super duper niche forever, which I don't think the developers mind. For regular users it "doesn't matter" in the sense that it's trivial to bypass, but it limits adoption which definitely affects quality.