omg! ubuntu on Nostr: Technical stuff aside, a major reason why Flatpak does not get the hate Snap does is ...
Technical stuff aside, a major reason why Flatpak does not get the hate Snap does is because users don't resent it.
There are 2 things people hate: the way things are, and change.
Ubuntu put Snaps on users desktops without asking if they wanted them. They just did it, then closed off ways to opt-out/avoid them (Cf. Firefox).
Forced change fosters resentment.
No distro made Flatpaks default/required/opt-out. Users had time to come to the tech and adopt it on their own terms/needs.
Just IMO.
There are 2 things people hate: the way things are, and change.
Ubuntu put Snaps on users desktops without asking if they wanted them. They just did it, then closed off ways to opt-out/avoid them (Cf. Firefox).
Forced change fosters resentment.
No distro made Flatpaks default/required/opt-out. Users had time to come to the tech and adopt it on their own terms/needs.
Just IMO.