> (idk why Arch doesn't invest in whats standard in every other major distro)

Trust me it was far more involved of a process 10 years ago, and that's why people liked it.

The modern install process is paired down to something like 10 steps. Start the ISO, configure your partitions, mount your root and boot, and use the delightful arch-chroot tool to enter and install in those partitions. Set up your user, configure your boot manager, exit the chroot, reboot, remove the install media, and boot into your bare bones system.

The install ISO has all the networking drivers and other tools you may need to bootstrap your new install, you just need to remember to do it. It's obviously not for total newbies but it's no gentoo, lfs, or even old arch.

My first distro was Slackware, which I setup all myself. I just don't see any true value in what could be a simple GUI.