Dependencies only become an issue if you don't distribute your source (allowing distros or individuals to compile against the shared libraries they actually have installed, and patch out minor compatibility issues). Since closed-source is frowned upon in the Linux world, it's unsurprising that there are various sorts of pressure to Not Do That.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Since closed-source is frowned upon in the Linux world

Indeed, this is a root cause of the problem. But it is a problem. The Linux community needs to get off its high horse and make distribution of binary programs (which may or may not be open source) work properly.

Snap and Flatpak are definitely a step in the right direction at least.