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Re:Pop OS 20.04 LTS by akvadrako on Friday May 01, 2020 @05:28AM (#23040429)
There is a one big reason. Snaps are only designed to use one central repository and the only production one is from Canonical. The server is proprietary.

Flatpak allows anyone to run a repo and for users to track updates from several repos. The server is open source.

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Re:Pop OS 20.04 LTS by pjmlp on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:30AM (#23041327)
Exactly the perfect recipe to keep a system secure, as proven by Android.
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