Same here. It’s not that bad of a solution when you think about it.
Conda packages compiled such that the search paths of the binaries are not using the OS's (which why the Linux DE Qt theme doesn't work for Spyder).
Conda also comes with well optimized binaries for high performance compute which is absolutely a must for modern data science.
Most people's problems getting their Python toolchains to work optimally are caused by using operating systems that don't come with build utils. That's a cultural problem solved by using an operating system with a culture of distributing those tools.