Snaps can contain _any_ piece of Linux software, from kernels to the printing stack, to PulseAudio and finally desktop applications. Flatpak only focuses on De

Snaps can contain _any_ piece of Linux software, from kernels to the printing stack, to PulseAudio and finally desktop applications. Flatpak only focuses on Desktop Apps. For more information, see :https://merlijn.sebrechts.be/blog/2020-07-03-snap-vs-flatpak/ https://merlijn.sebrechts.be/blog/2020-07-03-snap-vs-flatpak... Another big difference is that the sandbox of Snap is much more granular. Snap uses AppArmor to mediate the _existing_ Linux api's. This allows you to give an app access to usb-serial devices but deny it access to a USB webcam, for example. Or to give an application access to joysticks and controllers, but deny it access to a webcam. Both Snap and Flatpak support XDG Desktop Portals to give desktop applications secure access to features such as a webcam, but this is a new API, application need to be ported to the new API before they can use these features. As a result, most snaps have much less permissions than their Flatpak counterpart because the Flatpak sandbox needs to be largely disabled for the applications to work.