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Well even without that there have been several broken packages that would cause systems to be unbootable when installed. But yes sticking with just the major positories and flat packs would help. As well as taking your time on upgrades and letting other people test it out first. I may be a bit too old school these days. (Started using Linux in the early '90s) I hate snaps. Flat packs are okay but if I can get native binaries I'll generally go for them.
We're from the same school, apparently. I'm too lazy to distro hop like I used to.
Regarding flatpaks, I prefer some apps (browsers, games) to not have full access to all my files so I use them as for the isolation features.