I created a script that always installs apps from their official source
https://github.com/Tsu-gu/appfetch/
It’s a proof of concept of an idea I had a while ago. I dislike having to hunt down apps for my Linux machine when I want them from an official source. Some apps are packages as tarballs, some as .debs, some as install scripts that download a binary, some are flatpaks and snaps.
I created a yaml file with only verified apps from flathub and snapcraft, and added a few apps outside of them that I could think of.
The ultimate goal is the user just typing the names of what they want, and the script will just get it. They shouldn’t waste time with picking the right source.
Obtainium works in Android, because all the apks have their own Libraries already included, and bc android itself is Immutable
Take that into a mutable system like Linux, and you get break my Gentoo if you didnt even have the great anti dep hell functionality of portage
Android works much better, no doubt in that regard, but I think the chance of this script breaking your system is very low. The vast majority of the apps are flatpaks, then snaps, tarballs, AppImages, and only then a few .debs. I try to avoid them because even if you are on Debian/Ubuntu after a few years your version will stop being supported, whereas snaps will continue to work for 10 years.