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nothing like Ubuntu introducing a backdoor comprises of an empty Chromium APT package that activates SnapPak. :-/ https://techwiser.com/remove-snap-ubuntu/ ht

• Spivak 5y ago
  This is the wildest definition of a backdoor I’ve ever heard. Canonical changed their official distribution of their build own Chromium from a repos provided by Canonical to repos provided by Canonical. And then made sure that scripts that relied on apt install still worked. Canonical should be ashamed of their behavior! Making me trust this random 3rd party Canonical.
  • egberts1 5y ago
    but you do do get Snap installed whether you asked for it or not.
  • Crespyl 5y ago
    It's a bit over the top, but I can understand the frustration. If a user has decided to opt out of using snap, and then tries to install an apt package for a piece of software, it's understandable that a dpkg that just "sneakily" installs a snap (and thus the whole of snapd etc) instead could be seen as rather subversive.