> don't keep up to date with the upstream software that has bug fixes
It is a very rare occurrence that my distro's packages are more than a week out of date from upstream releases
> That's precisely why software authors prefer to release as flatpaks
This implies that "software authors" do "prefer" releasing flatpaks, a plainly false statement for the vast majority of software.
> distros can't provide assurances that software will work
based on interpretation, either plainly false or a misrepresentation. They can't guarantee that software will always work because they operate in the realm of reality, but their raison d'etre is to package software together so they interoperate.
> They can't fix it if it's broken
In fact, distros regularly patch software so they're not broken before (if ever) those patches are merged upstream
> a tiny minority of users
A "tiny minority" of users prefer using their system's package manager? Implying that the vast majority would prefer all their software be packaged and flatpaks and appimages and docker containers? I don't know where you're pulling these numbers from but I bet it smell crazy in there
It is a very rare occurrence that my distro's packages are more than a week out of date from upstream releases
> That's precisely why software authors prefer to release as flatpaks
This implies that "software authors" do "prefer" releasing flatpaks, a plainly false statement for the vast majority of software.
> distros can't provide assurances that software will work
based on interpretation, either plainly false or a misrepresentation. They can't guarantee that software will always work because they operate in the realm of reality, but their raison d'etre is to package software together so they interoperate.
> They can't fix it if it's broken
In fact, distros regularly patch software so they're not broken before (if ever) those patches are merged upstream
> a tiny minority of users
A "tiny minority" of users prefer using their system's package manager? Implying that the vast majority would prefer all their software be packaged and flatpaks and appimages and docker containers? I don't know where you're pulling these numbers from but I bet it smell crazy in there