[Author here]
Since I see people are quoting Pratchett and Gaiman, may I quote Monty Python?
"I'm feeling much better!"
It is. I am absolutely not denying that.
I think that the issue is that it got a lot better years after multiple other distros had got underway making Debian easier to install, and they have not gone away. Indeed, they continue to proliferate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
