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The package manager portage is simply the most flexible one I have ever used, especially with the new binary repositories; it beats deb and dnf/rpm by far in my opinion.
Ommiting features of installed software with the help of useflags can make it more stable and secure.
I think it is "criminal" not wanting to use Gentoo as a daily driver. But this is just me and my opinion doing only honest stuff with it. (: