Yes, and I understand the concern. However, we're talking about beginners here. I think that a beginner will typically care more about stability and ease of troubleshooting rather than the politics of snaps vs flatpak vs deb vs appimages vs...

A new ubuntu may eventually care to learn about the differences between packages, and may end up changing distro because of that. But until they reach that confortable stage I think that prioritizing convenience, app availability, and ease of troubleshooting is more important for a new user than getting into package politics.