Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by mjangle1985 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:23PM (#24386942)

IF they do that I'm obviously leaving their ecosystem, though I'm just a consumer so no clue how much effect I would have.

I really don't see what benefit that would provide them over other distros though and I'm not sure why they would make that choice to close down their system?

Fundamentally Linux works so well because of the free software movement and I don't see any app maintainers choosing to charge a fee for their software if they aren't already.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by toyg on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:45PM (#24387444)

Arguably the Linux desktop ecosystem does not “work so well”. Adoption rates are still minuscule when compared to Apple or Microsoft numbers, and there is precious little support from commercial developers. The “year of Linux on the desktop” never happened, even after Canonical made it really simple to run Linux, so commercial support is still lacking - which in turn keeps users away. The Snap play is their latest attempt to increase monetization rates on the platform.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by jacquesm on Saturday September 05, 2020 @08:27PM (#24387923)

And will help to kill what little adaptation there is. This really should stop.

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