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Arch has a good package manager and tests updates, but it is still a DIY distro.
If you add BTRFS snapshots with snapper, or timeshift with whatever, it is more stable.
What all traditional distros lack though, most important imho, is a "factory reset" feature.
Fedora Atomic desktops have this.
Here is the issue tracker on more factory reset components to have a "like Android" experience. (Reset /etc, reset LUKS password, recreate a new user account)
If you want Hyprland on there, qoijjj maintaines wayblue where PRs for good defaults will for sure be accepted.
Ones of the reasons I like Pop, they install a recovery partition with a copy of the install USB, finally they have a 'factory reset' that reinstalls the OS while keeping the users home folders.
This is really great. Windows has something similar, just having a superstable parallel OS is a blunt but working solution.