Here here. And the only thing that makes Debian an interesting brand is the quality consistency of the official repository.
If someone doesn't like apt & the main repository they shouldn't use Debian because that is pretty much the only big thing separating Debian from the tens to hundreds of other distros out there. Take apt and the main repo out of Debian and it is basically Linux From Scratch with a bigger team of bugtesters. Distributions aren't 'jealous' about packet management, they are the packet management. It is right there in the name "Debian distribution". The Debian brand, and all linux distro brands, are deeply linked to how they execute packet management to distribute software.
If someone doesn't like apt & the main repository they shouldn't use Debian because that is pretty much the only big thing separating Debian from the tens to hundreds of other distros out there. Take apt and the main repo out of Debian and it is basically Linux From Scratch with a bigger team of bugtesters. Distributions aren't 'jealous' about packet management, they are the packet management. It is right there in the name "Debian distribution". The Debian brand, and all linux distro brands, are deeply linked to how they execute packet management to distribute software.