Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
I am very diligent about applying updates as soon as I&#x27;m able and generally read the changelogs of the updates I&#x27;m applying in Ubuntu&#x27;s Software Updater.<p>One thing I will not do is willingly allow somebody else a way to deploy and execute code on my computer without my say so (which snap is).<p>After reading the whole thread at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.snapcraft.io&#x2F;t&#x2F;disabling-automatic-refresh-for-snap-from-store&#x2F;707" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.snapcraft.io&#x2F;t&#x2F;disabling-automatic-refresh-for...</a> and seeing Gustavo Niemeyer&#x27;s arrogance (we know better than you when you should be applying updates) I will be voting with my feet and will be installing Pop!_OS instead of Ubuntu, and if snapd is present I will remove it.<p>The stated goal of Niemeyer, to have users use updated software, would have been fulfilled in my case if I had a way to see what updates would be applied beforehand, instead of the updates being force-installed.<p>Lengthy dialog with Niemeyer in the forum thread seems to have been a waste of time for all the people who participated trying to convince him to allow disabling of force-installed updates so I suggest you do the same as me and vote with your feet!