I'm not talking about gaining persistence via a legitimately-installed system service. Instead I'm talking from a malware point of view. If a malicious Snap ha

I'm not talking about gaining persistence via a legitimately-installed system service. Instead I'm talking from a malware point of view. If a malicious Snap has read/write access to non-hidden files within someone's home directory, you can almost certainly gain a level of persistence, e.g.: * Edit a desktop shortcut file so that it points to your malware * Edit a script or program so that when the user runs it, it runs your malware * Edit a non-hidden configuration file in a malicious way I am talking very theoretically here, and I agree that this is taking security concerns to the extreme, but these are important considerations that aren't really present with Apt (when using default repositories). At the end of the day, despite my security concerns, I do like Snap and the technology it uses. However, at the moment at least, I will always prefer Apt with default repositories as it provides that extra level of safety/guarantee of authenticity. Finally, I use a script to install the Chromium Snap to remove the risk of typosquatting, which sufficiently mitigates this risk for me.