Most Linux users would, that's a very atypical way to install things. 99% of your software is in the official repos.

As for `curl ... | bash` that's a developer only thing. No user space normal applications are installed that way. I've never seen it.

Is this method good? No. Is it used exclusively by power users who presumably know what they're installing and from where? Yes.

The difference here is ALL software on Windows is installed this way. There's basically no exceptions. And don't even try bringing up the Windows store.

That's the problem though, a lot of widely-used software isn't in the default repos. Idk if you had personal or server software in mind, but thinking about a mix: Chrome, Docker, NodeJS, Discord, and Postgres either have you add an apt repo or download a bin.

That hasn't been my experience running Debian.

That was entirely my experience running Debian. Especially when you include needing a more up-to-date version of the software, rather than the years-old version that comes with Debian.

Switched to Fedora, and now the majority of things is recently updated in the repos. (The flatpak library is increasingly robust, but that of course applies to Debian too.)