This is why people should stop recommending Arch. Fedora or Opensuse TW should be recommended instead for new people.

I've seen it a handful of times and find it pretty wild. It's certainly not some widespread thing.

I do agree with the point, though.

I might recommend something Arch-based that's opinionated and feature-complete, like Manjaro or Garuda, but I'd recommend pure Arch to the same people who would equally enjoy NixOS.

All too often. It's crazy but I see it all the time, and try to call it out.