i just really hate snap

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I just don't see the point of them when there are flatpaks. I'm not super knowledgeable on Snaps so maybe there's some huge benefit I don't know about, but they always just seemed like a worse version of flatpak to me.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The huge benefit (to canonical) is that they control the store/repo.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I don’t see the point of flatpaks when there are appimages.

    Anyway last I heard snap has terminal/server apps and more system interaction.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What I like about flatpaks over appimages is that they will get updated, be included in the application list, and not live inside my Downloads Directory

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The benefit to me is that snaps update as soon as the patch is pushed and they sandbox better than flatpak. Its also easier to maintain a snap from a dev perspective (idk if thats true I just read it on some fourm)

    I prefer flatpak because i like the name and flathub better but the development has kind of stagnated and a lot of their benefits are non existent. Flatpak sandbox is kind of a meme at the moment because most apps ask for way to many perms just to work.

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