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This is more like using AUR (except the packages are prebuilt with no way to inspect source). They are entirely user submitted.

No. This is not AUR, this is an entire third party repository. It would be the equivalent of these https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unofficial_user_repositorie...

If you run Arch, I highly recommend checking out ALHP and chaotic-aur.