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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by commoner on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:11PM (#23434618)
Absolutely. The server-side implementation of Snap is closed source and the Snap Store is a single instance controlled solely by Canonical. Flatpak repositories are decentralized and can be hosted on private servers with flat-manager, which is FOSS:

https://github.com/flatpak/flat-manager

Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by m463 on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:36PM (#23435227)
Right - it's a control/monetization strategy.