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Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by account42 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:47AM (#35358944)
> (Snap) may be the most used by virtue of being rammed down user's throats by projects with existing user capture (e.g. LetsEncrypt)

Care to expand on this? I'm not in Ubuntu-land but can't imagine how a service with an open protocol and multiple clients forces you onto Snap.

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Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by lucideer on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:05PM (#35360087)
I just mean distributing software exclusively through 1 channel (or at least only officially supporting 1).

This wouldn't be the worst situation (devs needing to more time preparing myriad distribution formats is a valid problem) if the specific 1 channel being used wasn't a broadly resented channel.

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