I just installed python3 on Debian and Alpine. It takes 16s vs 4s (I ran the test three times, and kept the fastest measurement for Debian and the slowest measurement for Alpine).
Sure a one-time wait of 12s doesn't change my life. But I won't use apt/apk _once_; I'll use it every single time that I install something. It low-key bothers me when my flow is interrupted by having to wait for machines to do their job, increasing that by 300% doesn't help.
This wouldn't be a deciding factor for me. But it doesn't add points for the Debian-based approach.
Sure a one-time wait of 12s doesn't change my life. But I won't use apt/apk _once_; I'll use it every single time that I install something. It low-key bothers me when my flow is interrupted by having to wait for machines to do their job, increasing that by 300% doesn't help.
This wouldn't be a deciding factor for me. But it doesn't add points for the Debian-based approach.