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minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoMy 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?
minus-squareTMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYou simply use a different packaging format as I said in the previous comment.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoOkay, and how does snapd being open source help with that? It literally has no effect on it. And when your best argument is “if it gets enshittified you can switch off of it”, why help it get popular in the first place?
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?
You simply use a different packaging format as I said in the previous comment.
Okay, and how does snapd being open source help with that? It literally has no effect on it.
And when your best argument is “if it gets enshittified you can switch off of it”, why help it get popular in the first place?