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mesebrec on March 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why we decided for and against Ubuntu Core

Slight correction: you can easily download a Snap from a website and install it like you would do with a Deb package.

It's the repository that's locked; Snap only supports a single repository; the "Snap Store".

SilverRed on March 16, 2021 [–]

While flatpak runs on the traditional repo model where you can add as many repo sources as you want.

I can't see a single thing Snap has going for it when Flatpak is the same idea but better in every single way.

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