In reply to @themountainking:matrix.org
Could you please explain why your way is more beneficial? I'd like to understand your viewpoint.

I'm sorry - I missed this.

I am not so worried about application distribution as consumption and profiles with a declarative source and reusable dependencies seem preferable there. Distributors have different priorities (even leading some to recently only support shipping their applications as flatpaks!, but the idea that the consumer must accept what the distributor gives them is toxic and limiting. I'm happy to have alternatives and willing to learn from flatpaks - I just see their "realm" as slightly more limited than nix's (though nix's does have limitations and shortcomings as well)