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Because ubuntu is based on Debian, almost all software/drivers packages for ubuntu work on debian.

Using debian could maybe be compared to using vanilla JS instead of the shiny frameworks.

The downside is that, debian is very conservative in their releases. Most packages that ship with the distro or are in the repositories are a bit behind. I guess that's why Google switched to Debian Testing.

Btw even debian testing is comfortably stable.

For people who want to try debian, I advise them to try Linux Mint Debian Edition. It is a vanilla debian shipping with a good looking DE. I installed it on my mother's laptop, she's been using it for more than 2 years. It is so stable that, one time her laptop broke and we pulled her old netbook from storage. I only took the hdd from the old laptop and inserted in the netbook. After installing the wifi driver the machine has been running flawlessly for more than a year now.

I only do dist-update dist-upgrade from time to time, no further maintance was necessary.