[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

> I guess I feel less "ownership" of my storage.

Why wouldn't you when developers have the opinion that their way is the right way to do things and you're retarded if you don't let their software organize your life for you? No comrade, you can't install software directly from the vendor! You must use almighty package-manager and hope The People have deigned that software worthy of inclusion in the repo. If you're lucky it might only be a few versions out of date! You don't actually want icons on your desktop, just use the application menu we built for you. Our AI assistant will choose an appropriate time to automatically install OS updates and reboot your machine, citizen. If it does so in the middle of your work or when you really need to use it, that's your fault for not training it well enough!