[evand]

The "Users by distribution" table at the bottom of the Spotify page is worth a look: https://snapcraft.io/spotify

Snaps are not Ubuntu-only. You can find install instructions for many distros here: https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install

[alsadi]

Snap is a proprietary format that is canonical-centric, don't tell me that the community make choice to make client opensource but official store both hardcoded (initially) and closed source.

On the other hand,flatpak is a freedesktop project, done using open standards like OCI and ostree.

[popey]

No. Snap is not a proprietary format at all. It's a squashfs file with a small amount of metadata. You can make a snap by plopping a file in a folder, add a simple snap.yaml which describes the application and then "make" a snap with the common mksquashfs tool.

There is room in the world for flatpak and snap to co-exist. We created snaps as an evolution on from clicks on the Ubuntu phone, and it covers use cases that flatpak wasn't designed for.

[alsadi]

Remember ubuntu one storage solution? An opensource client does not make the whole thing free software and open standard.

[matthewbauer]

Thanks I did not realize it was cross platform. It still disregards too many free desktop standards for me however. Feels like Unity when it comes to Canonical’s NIH syndrome.