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Surprise! A Debian based distro uses antique packages! Who would have seen that coming? 🙀 /s
Same with Linux mint. I don't like it. I like Linux mint a lot. I only dislike the old packages.
This only holds true if you're talking about Debian Stable, there are definitely Sid or Testing based distros for which that doesn't hold true.
See PikaOS for example.