[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

> Regardless, I personally believe that it is unfair to blame the backend utility (Flatpak) for an issue caused by the frontend (GNOME Software).

There is no good Flatpak fronted to compare it to. The Flatpak project seems to believe it is Somebody Else's Problem, and consequently when everyone else poorly integrates Flatpak support into their traditional package manager frontend the Flatpak project gets to wipe their hands of it and say it isn't their fault. As a user, I don't really care who is at fault for a bad user experience if there is no good user experience alternative, and the lack of one reflects poorly on Flatpak regardless of who they believe is at fault.

That said, I'll take Flatpak over the traditional package manager with its limited and out of date software collection that requires an army of volunteer middle men to prop up.