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Not installing through a package manager brings many disadvantages of Windows.
If the developer itself ships the binary, then I can not know for sure that nothing "slipped into" the package that is not in the source code. Malware is still not that common on Linux but I prefer the distributor to build packages on some kind of build system over the developer building on the PC where noone knows how well he cares to not risk installing any "fishy" software.