Let's look at the established alternatives: packages. Packages are checked for corruption and validity. This isn't so much different from downloading a random

Let's look at the established alternatives: packages. Packages are checked for corruption and validity. This isn't so much different from downloading a random executable and running it. Hell, it's worse than that (since the download doesn't get stored for future audits)! But who said executing random executables from the internet is good in the first place?