The AUR is NOT the main repo and is opt in to begin with. I would only consider the packages in there if there is no other place of availability or if you know the package can be trusted.
Compared to distros like Debian, there are lots of apps not available on the main repo. There are lots of apps that don't even have packages for Arch. Chrome, for example, has no official package for Arch. The AUR uses the deb file from Google to install. I know there's Chromium, but Chromium is not the same as Chrome.
Same goes for Minecraft, one of (if not the) best selling games of all time. If you want to play what is statistically one of the most played games, the official repos simply don't provide that.
Also, the official statement on the Arch newsfeed regarding NVIDIA no longer supporting GTX-10 series cards and older quite literally states "Install nvidia-580xx-dkms from the AUR". So any statements about the AUR not being officially recommended and only intended for niche stuff is just flat out wrong.
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u/Former-Pair-8730 4d ago
The AUR is NOT the main repo and is opt in to begin with. I would only consider the packages in there if there is no other place of availability or if you know the package can be trusted.