Right? Being a Gentoo nerd, seems like the Gentoo way would be the hated one. Validly, for once!
...I use Arch now, bytheway :'D
Well, I mean... are you even using open source software if you're not personally auditing the source code and compiling yourself?
Installing Arch (specially using ArchInstall) shouldn't be more wasteful that other popular distros.
Gentoo, on the other hand...