Don't use Snap or Flatpak then? I don't understand the point of shaming someone for choosing a different Linux distro from you. The anti-Linux people are still pointing out wifi driver issues that were resolved 15 years ago. Here, we have a project from a historically very pro macOS developer helping onboard folks to a Linux distro, and that's still not good enough either because it's not the right distro.

I've been using a Linux desktop since 1998 and while other distros have their benefits, I choose to use Ubuntu Desktop for a whole host of reasons. This bloat is a non-issue (granted, I'm not running on a netbook). If I were to help someone switch to Linux, it'd definitely be either on Ubuntu Desktop or Linux Mint.