• TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Don’t introduce proprietary crap just so companies can profit off of it.

    I agree but I think it’s the user who should be able to make the informed choice (ie. during installation)

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        2 days ago

        This is a stupid argument. In FSF’s eyes even having nonfree repository (ie. for drivers) is bad so this is completely irrelevant for anyone considering flatpak or snap. Both have nonfree stuff in there.

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          2 days ago

          Both have nonfree stuff in there.

          But flatpak’s backend is open source and self-hostable, while snap’s is proprietary and not self-hostable. Flatpak is the lesser of evils from this point of view.

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      3 days ago

      Honestly, why enable this kind of behavior in any way? Any user is free to make an informed choice by installing it themselves.

      We all know how this goes. Once a critical mass is reached, enshittification begins to milk everything dry. By making it an installer option, you’re legitimizing it and supporting a worse future for the Linux desktop.

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        2 days ago

        Ok but KDE has official Snap packages so they already are “legitimizing it”. Also snap won’t be able to entshittify anything. Snapd is still open source, so you can just repackage the software for different package system.

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          My guy. There is no open backend for Snap. If Ubuntu enshittifies Snap, nobody can host an alternate backend for them. How does the client being open source help you?