So basically, red-pill is a "convenient" way to keep using the simple Application Manager UI for "dirty" tasks end user are not supposed to deal with - is that right?

It looks like in the absence of red-pill, still any user could perform the same tasks directly via apt and command line. And probably in a much better / cleaner way.

It would be good to gather more feedback since we are considering the possibility of removing it to keep things clear and separate.