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anti-snap stance is anti-consumer (lemdro.id)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops.

What are your thoughts on this?

EDIT:

Here’s the original comment: https://mastodon.social/@popey/112591863166141029

EDIT 2:

Some clarification for those accusing me of not following the thread or being disingenuous.

Didn't bother to follow the thread?

https://mastodon.social/@popey/112593520847827981

I posted my question here before this particular response from the OP. I asked the question on Lemmy out of interest and wanting to get a wider perspective. I also engaged with the OP on the thread so that I can get their perspective on their stance.

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[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Type this:

apt install firefox

Into your terminal on Ubuntu and you'll see what is anti-customer.

[–] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yup. I had no problem with snaps or Ubuntu until I saw that underhanded bullshit.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

I feel like they shot themselves in the knee. Even if it was buggy I would of still tried to use it for fun. However, when they first came out I found out about them because it caused me to be unable to work. I used apt to install a CLI tool and then the CLI tool wasn't working. I tried to manually get it from the Ubuntu repo only to discover it was snap only.

It really pissed me off.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I switched to Debian, partly because of snaps, what exactly is going on here with Ubuntu?

[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

You can install Firefox only as a snap on Ubuntu. There's no native package on the official repo.