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Arch USER Repository. Use the official repositories if it's a concern.
Who here has NEVER used the AUR with their Arch install raise your hand. I'll wait.
Me!!
I stopped using it a while ago, and I get all my non arch packaged packages from nixpkgs. Nixpkgs is bigger than the AUR and the Arch repos combined. It has pretty much all of the stuff I would have otherwise gotten from the AUR. But I find Nixos frustrating to use, so I stick to Arch.
I felt extremely vindicated in my decision to avoid the AUR when the AUR malware happened.
I bet!