It might be, but Arch is pretty solid and my favorite. Regardless, both distributions have a place in the world and I'm not too concerned with the best, that's too subjective.
AUR is one repository where you can't just update an outdated package maintained by someone else who quietly gave up maintenance.
I have my own gentoo overlay where I have complete control. This sovereignty is really good for me. I can't stand waiting for permissions to take over maintenance of an outdated AUR package.
If you don't have your own platform, you are a peasant.
Also, pacman can't handle AUR. gentoo's emerge command can handle both the gentoo official overlay and third party overlays. I want one command to manage all repositories for me. Managing AUR with paru still feels like a dirty hack to me. I have wanted to move away from AUR handlers.
I have my own gentoo overlay where I have complete control. This sovereignty is really good for me. I can't stand waiting for permissions to take over maintenance of an outdated AUR package.
If you don't have your own platform, you are a peasant.
Also, pacman can't handle AUR. gentoo's emerge command can handle both the gentoo official overlay and third party overlays. I want one command to manage all repositories for me. Managing AUR with paru still feels like a dirty hack to me. I have wanted to move away from AUR handlers.