Lucky you. My laptop has a small HD, and all that space is a problem.

Nope, I was counting all dependencies, both for flatpak and apk installations.

On the other hand each flatpak uses >1Gb of disk where deb packages rarely require more than 100Mb

The issue is not more/less salt in the oceans, but fewer and less reliable sources of freshwater.

Hey, look a feature every mammal may need to evolve in the near future!