Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages
From the linked announcement: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.linuxmint.com&#x2F;?p=3906" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.linuxmint.com&#x2F;?p=3906</a><p>&gt;  Applications in this store cannot be patched, or pinned. You can’t audit them, hold them, modify them or even point snap to a different store. You’ve as much empowerment with this as if you were using proprietary software, i.e. none. This is in effect similar to a commercial proprietary solution, but with two major differences: It runs as root, and it installs itself without asking you.<p>This is a great summary of why people rightfully feel nervous about Snap. People run linux because they want visibility and control into what is happening on their systems. Canonical seems to want to take away that visibility and control from their users.