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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by james_s_tayler on Sunday May 03, 2020 @02:00AM (#23057170)
>But if I install a deb, I expect to get a deb. You don't want to offer it anymore, fine, take it out of the repo. But sneakily migrating me to a snap, and not even notifying me, is just trust-breaking

Indeed.

We need to modify the age old saying:

"Computers do what you tell them to do, not what you want them to"

By applying the following patch:

"Computers do what you tell them to do, not what you want them to do - except Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"

Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by kazinator on Sunday May 03, 2020 @02:03AM (#23057185)
That can't be right because it implies that computers with Windows 10 do either what you want or what you tell them.