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That's a bad example, Debian is bad because people use it wrong and it breaks is not a really strong argument, same can be said about every other distro.
I believe Debian based distros are popular because Ubuntu used to be very beginner friendly back in the early 2000s, while other distros not so much. Then a lot of us started with it, and many never switched or switched and came back.
Debian is not bad. It is just not suitable for newcomers using it for desktop. I think my arguments hold this stance.