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I'd say it really depends on the packages that you use. Do you use packages that are mainly only available in AUR? I use Hyprland and thankfully TW is officially supported unlike Fedora.
Honestly, the programs I use on a daily basis has changed, so what used to matter to me I no longer even look at, even if I install it. My biggest headache has been VPN clients, since those always need to be up to date.
Software like Cura and FreeTube are best when they are the latest version. A lot of this has been solved with flatpaks, but they tend to do their own sandboxing which I appreciate, but is not always what I want. I prefer native packages.