I too have started to notice some increased “friction” when trying to setup Ubuntu these days.
Like you, I don’t care about “snaps” (though in my ignorance I’m willing to accept I may be missing out on something useful...)
Even when you go to their Download page for Server, the first option is not a download link but some blurb about “Multipass” which I’m pretty sure is not what the majority of people are looking for when they click a menu option called “Download” for a server OS.
But this LinkedIn crap is just awful and surprises me coming from Canonical.
Like you, I don’t care about “snaps” (though in my ignorance I’m willing to accept I may be missing out on something useful...)
Even when you go to their Download page for Server, the first option is not a download link but some blurb about “Multipass” which I’m pretty sure is not what the majority of people are looking for when they click a menu option called “Download” for a server OS.
But this LinkedIn crap is just awful and surprises me coming from Canonical.