From an IT perspective:
I can set up an internal APT mirror for my users, servers, test systems, etc., but I can't set up an internal snap mirror as far as I can tell. This means that despite having an internal repo that I can whitelist, some package installations will now arbitrarily require internet access. I can no longer install chromium on a system without access to the internet, and package installation will fail as a result.
I'd rather have an older version than a snap version, personally, but better would be two packages which Provides: the same chromium-browser, chromium and chromium-snap.
The most irritating thing here is that they're using a package distribution system which handles dependencies and updates flawlessly, and has for decades, and using it to install things using a package system which does not solve those problems, and instead ships multiple copies of multiple libraries and applications, which run slower, ignoring any settings I have in APT.
So far, it's a maintenance nightmare, and I loathe it.
I can set up an internal APT mirror for my users, servers, test systems, etc., but I can't set up an internal snap mirror as far as I can tell. This means that despite having an internal repo that I can whitelist, some package installations will now arbitrarily require internet access. I can no longer install chromium on a system without access to the internet, and package installation will fail as a result.
I'd rather have an older version than a snap version, personally, but better would be two packages which Provides: the same chromium-browser, chromium and chromium-snap.
The most irritating thing here is that they're using a package distribution system which handles dependencies and updates flawlessly, and has for decades, and using it to install things using a package system which does not solve those problems, and instead ships multiple copies of multiple libraries and applications, which run slower, ignoring any settings I have in APT.
So far, it's a maintenance nightmare, and I loathe it.