If you can excuse the choice of LTS kernel in Debian Stable owing to its release cycle. Debian 13 is more recent or neck-and-neck with many regular release distributions, like Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) or Fedora Linux 42, for example.
I wouldn't call it a betrayal, but it's definitely not what I expected. It's kind of disappointing to read about. You can't be both FOSS and optionally FOSS.
If you can excuse the choice of LTS kernel in Debian Stable owing to its release cycle. Debian 13 is more recent or neck-and-neck with many regular release distributions, like Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) or Fedora Linux 42, for example.