I think the LWN article misunderstands what Ken VanDine meant by “pressure” in the following quote: > By shipping such a key application as a snap it will cont

I think the LWN article misunderstands what Ken VanDine meant by “pressure” in the following quote: > By shipping such a key application as a snap it will continue to keep pressure on to ensure we keep improving the experience while also reducing our maintenance burden for the LTS and future releases of Ubuntu. The article takes the quote to mean that “Canonical … is using [Snap] to apply pressure where it wants to see change” and implies that Canonical is trying to pressure distros like Linux Mint to support Snap. But I think VanDine meant only that using Snap in a high-profile package puts pressure on Canonical to make Snap easier to use in Ubuntu. That’s a less controversial goal than the one implied by the article. Of course, whether Canonical’s actions are truly motivated by that goal is a separate discussion topic.