This is the opposite of a YotLD problem, it's because Linux users do not usually participate in automatic updates that they consider this a problem. Windows and macOS and Android and iOS are all automatically updated and nudge users into updating more frequently than automatically.
No, the point is that distro/repo model has a terrible user experience for installing applications. Sure, it works fine for the very narrow case of only wanting to install exactly what is in the repo, but the second you step outside of that everything gets needlessly complicated.
I, for one, am grateful that things like FlatPak and AppImage are finally gaining traction and I hope the trend continues.
