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anti-snap stance is anti-consumer (lemdro.id)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops.

What are your thoughts on this?

EDIT:

Here’s the original comment: https://mastodon.social/@popey/112591863166141029

EDIT 2:

Some clarification for those accusing me of not following the thread or being disingenuous.

Didn't bother to follow the thread?

https://mastodon.social/@popey/112593520847827981

I posted my question here before this particular response from the OP. I asked the question on Lemmy out of interest and wanting to get a wider perspective. I also engaged with the OP on the thread so that I can get their perspective on their stance.

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's an interesting comment from a guy that used to work for Canonical, and then went anti-snap pretty hard, to the point that he made this:

https://github.com/popey/unsnap

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 12 points 5 months ago

lol, love that

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

No see he loves snaps so much he made a utility to unistall it To reinstall it again!

Yeah no snaps are a bad format they are not FOSS in my book.