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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by donmcronald on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:21PM (#23055358)
If they make it automatic and unmanageable by default, they can sell those features back to us tomorrow as an enterprise edition or a private Snap store.

It’s the same thing MS did with Windows 10. You buy the product, but have to pay again if you want any semblance of control. Us normal users are now test subjects for the real customers. Look how non-enterprise Office 365 customers are on a monthly cadence for forced updates and the expensive plans get SAC or better.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by shock on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:26PM (#23055393)
> If they make it automatic and unmanageable by default, they can sell those features back to us tomorrow as an enterprise edition or a private Snap store.

I'm not sure whether you're being ironic, but they're doing just that.

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