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Is it normal for unofficial apps to use namespaces like "com.microsoft.Edge"? Or am I misreading?

• Polycryptus 5y ago
  That's a matter of repository policy, but yes, Flathub (by far the largest and most popular repository) allows for this. I believe that they generally put a disclaimer that it's not an official package in the description, and allow the upstream developer to claim the application ID for themselves if they wish to maintain it.
• smoldesu 5y ago
  It was a GNOME thing, and they pushed it on Flatpak.
  • kirbyfan64sos 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure OP is referring to the use of reverse DNS names for unofficial apps in particular, not the naming scheme's general use. It's also not really "pushed" onto Flatpak: significant parts of the ecosystem already use the scheme, so Flatpak following along allows an app to keep the same name across multiple different places (desktop file, D-Bus name, etc).