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by reidrac 1546 days ago
Does it mean that apt will then install a non-snap version?

I haven't verified that, but considering that nothing suggested that I was installing a snap app (other than me not paying attention to apt's output, I guess), I'm not sure if that's even possible. I was planning to stay with 18.04 LTS and then move to something else, but seems like either snap was there already or it has been added after I upgraded.
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stjohnswarts 1546 days ago
I don't think so because some apps are only available as snaps. that is less true for 18.04, but 20.04 and 22.04 use snaps fairly heavily and some like firefox only available through snaps, although there is also PPA and flatpaks available.
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mikro2nd 1545 days ago
No, it removes the entire snap ecosystem from your machine, including the snap backend to apt. It does mean that installing snap-only packages becomes more problematic, but that's a price I'm willing to bear.
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