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Not the guy, but one reason to avoid ubuntu snaps is that it is designed not to allow users to have complete control over software updates. With snaps, the deve
by jake_the_third 8y ago
Not the guy, but one reason to avoid ubuntu snaps is that it is designed not to allow users to have complete control over software updates. With snaps, the developer controls the update process, not the user.
Some people believe that the user should have the final say in what his or her system does. Snap goes against this. It's a great project otherwise.
See: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for-snap-from-store/707 https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for...
- andrepd 8y agoI'd add to that a general dislike of the "splitter" attitude taken by Ubuntu. Unity vs Gnome, Mir vs Waylaid, now Snap vs Flatpak. The latter works well, the former doesn't improve in any meaningful way. Why fragment?
- oblio 8y agoGnome 3 was quite widely disliked by a big part of the community. I'm not sure Unity was necessarily a bad idea.