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Performance issues/bloated disk usage and their forced use within Ubuntu.
The performance issues come from the fact that they run via virtualization. Similar to running a game on an emulator. This helps with compatibility, ie being able to run a Snap on an ARM computer when the native version isn't available, but again, performance can take a hit.
Bloated disk usage is a result of each Snap including all dependancies with the base package. For example, if two Snaps rely on the same font, you get two copies of that font. If two native packages rely on the same font, you get one copy, and they share.
The forced usage literally boils down to this; on Ubuntu, typing "apt install example-package" actually runs the command "snap install example-package" (Edit: I should note this isn't the case with all packages, but there are some pretty high profile ones on the list, ie Thunderbird). Canonical A; isn't up front about this, therefor leading users into believing they are getting native packages when this isn't the case, and B; make it frustratingly difficult to disable this behaviour and get only native packages
IMO if a company creates a product and then feels the need to force and trick their users into adopting it, that alone is enough to discourage me from ever choosing it over the alternatives.