I see people hate snap packaging and removing it if their OS support it. Is it because it’s NOT fully open-source or just due to how the technology works?

Update: fixed typos

  • igorlogius@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    tldr;

    canonical …

    1. has keeped the snap store closed source and all snap packages/distribution under their control
    2. “silently” replaced packages (like firefox) with snap versions
    3. will completly remove support for alternatives (like flatpak)