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That's absolutely not true.
Immutable systems aren't just "normal systems you can't change", no, they're more.
They're image based. So, every OS is the same, giving you better reproducibility, resulting in less bugs, better security and a "fresh" OS after every update.
Your OS accumulates stuff over every update and by just using it over time, and having an image based OS is just better.
Immutability has so much more advantages than just keeping the host clean. It has some disadvantages, yes, but for most people out there, way more advantages!
Yep, same. While I'm not a total noob, I also don't have that much experience. Just that much to confidentially break my system every time and not knowing why or how to fix it.
SB just makes rolling back way easier, or even prevents breaking my system at all.
And as a notorious DE-hopper, it is also very convenient.
I barely notice any drawbacks for me tbh