Comment by yuuta

WinGet is more like a "software center" of "application store" compared to what I understood a "package manager" is. From my understanding, a package manager should take care of the installation process: (optionally) compile the source and test them, copy the files to the system and run optional scripts and hooks. Most importantly, a package manager records all files that are installed and knows which file belongs to which package. When uninstalling, a package manager should remove the files by itself and make sure the software is uninstalled safely and completely. What WinGet does is just download the MSI or whatever setup binary and run it. It is more like a software index and downloader rather than an actual package manager.