[inetknght]

> You've missed the point.

Maybe.

> ultimately it comes down to this: "You can fix it yourself!" isn't really true. Professional programmers who work on Linux for a living haven't even managed to fix a lot of its problems.

I could say the same thing about every OS.

> The whole point of AppImage is that that's completely unnecessary.

Unnecessary to you perhaps. Being able to see the source code of applications I run is important to many Linux users.

> The only thing that really aught to be done is that file managers should display AppImage icons and not harass the user about double clicking one to run it.

I don't see why AppImage should be treated any differently than any other executable -- trusted or not. If that's not how it is now then you definitely have a point.

Have you built any AppImage-based programs?