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I don't want a middleman, I want to get my programs from the developer, and store them using the tools I know (regular files on a filesystem).
Are package managers easy to use (most of the time)? Yes.
Are package managers (as they exist today) a universal, well designed way to distribute software? No, because they impose a middleman.
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I don't want a middleman, I want to get my programs from the developer, and store them using the tools I know (regular files on a filesystem).
Are package managers easy to use (most of the time)? Yes.
Are package managers (as they exist today) a universal, well designed way to distribute software? No, because they impose a middleman.