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Haven't had much opportunity to use snap, what's the problem with them?
What everyone else has already said, plus sudden updates that nuke active applications.
~~> plus sudden updates that nuke active applications.~~
~~This is not what's supposed to happen. If an app installed through flatpak is active while it's receiving an update, then the update is not supposed to affect the running application until it's closed/restarted.~~
Edit: Somehow I didn't realize the concern was raised against Snap and not Flatpak.
The thread is about snap and why it's worse than flatpak.