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I'm also on Arch btw, btw. 😆
This was basically one of the big reasons I opted to install Steam via Flatpak.
I tend to avoid Flatpaks if the package is directly available in official Repos or even in an unofficial repo. If I have to download it from the AUR then I will check if a Flatpak version exists or not and install it from there.
Yeah. I use Flatpak for all the commerical/corporate stuff as well, if available. Teams, Steam, Slack, Discord, Spotify, stuff like that.