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  • enoent@lemmy.ilwwbs.comtoLinux@lemmy.mlWhy is snaps hated
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    1 year ago

    This threads got lots of good answers, but I haven’t seen it mentioned that snaps sometimes mean reduced functionality.

    Use the docker snap? Sorry, it can only access your home directory so no -v /some/path:/somewhere for you

    Use firefox or chromium and keepassxc? Sorry, your browser plugin won’t be able to talk to your password manager

    And the updates… dear god. In whose mind was it a good idea to show a “firefox is updating, exit now to avoid issues” TWO WEEKS im advance. Closing the app does precisely fuck all unless you manually snap refresh it

    Containerised applications are a fine idea, but snap is a horrible implementation of it



  • The GPL requires that you do not put additional limits on a user’s rights to redistribute.

    Saying “you have the right, but we’ll cut ties” isn’t really in keeping with the spirit of that.

    I suspect, if it ever ended up in court, they’d agree yhat there’s no guarantee of access to future versions, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a shitty and cynical take that flies against what FOSS has traditionally stood for.