The default setting is probably showing the menu, up to a duration of some seconds, so that you can choose other OS (e.g. windows as dual boot). Then you probably need to edit a text file and run Update-Grube. Here's an example set of instructions doing the exact opposite (turning off the hiding); hope it helps... https://askubuntu.com/a/1187104
This instance could definitely have a QA community. If they want, instead of enforcing the rule, simply state “bug reports should go here and there, questions and answers are run by users themselves in the respective community”. Then, everyone would be happy.
Fair enough, I have learned to live with curl first, then execute. Or going through the trustworthiness of the repository author (e.g. number of stars, contributors, etc.) More or less the same safeguard I take for packages I install from Arch User Repositories. I’m curious, tho, How do you feel about “docker pull”? Containerization has limits…