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Linux distributions had an "app store" for about 27 years with a reasonable GUI for at least 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_(software) Sandboxing is a laudible goal but curation is more likely to result in a system that isn't pwned in the context of current sandboxing being at present being vastly insufficient to contain real threats. I'm not sure in what fashion flatpak is behind snap given that the former supports custom software sources served over simple existing servers, local and offline installs, runtimes, fine grained permissions via portals, and turning off automatic updates. >A lot of people are mad at Canonical for not open sourcing the backend but no one seems to be offering to build one. This is a very strange defense to a legitimate criticism. In what universe would anyone on earth offer to spend their own time to fork snap and write their own backend instead of using flatpak, appimage, apt or 17 other choices.