Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
Maybe I&#x27;m in the minority but I like Snaps. I wish all software would auto-update silently in the background -- when&#x27;s the last time you even thought about upgrading Chrome?<p>The author of this article claims it&#x27;s too difficult to find Flatpak apps and that the Ubuntu software center prioritizes Snaps over .deb. Are platforms never allowed to migrate to a new standard? Why is it Canonical&#x27;s fault that authors of individual applications have yet to migrate Snaps?<p>If we all agree that on the whole auto-updating software is <i>generally</i> better and more secure than manually updated software, why not single out the applications that haven&#x27;t migrated instead of blaming the whole standard?<p>Maybe I&#x27;m just naive and not doing advanced super user stuff these Snap haters are doing but from a distance to me this resembles the systemd vs init controversy. One which, IMHO, Linux super users seemed unusually attached to an older standard for not always clear reasons. Snaps offer real benefits: maybe instead of complaining that &#x27;this sucks&#x27; users could offer  constructive criticism about how to improve the new standard.<p>Just my opinion tho.