I really despise the idea/existence of app stores.
Why can't a publishers website be their store front, then from that site, you can run (or "download"/"install" if you must) the app?
Technically it looks like that would actually work [1]. They could host the `.snap` file. Although I'm sure snap will add friction to this (as in, not simple let you open and click "Install") from a downloaded snap file, as they probably want you to use their app store.
Why can't a publishers website be their store front, then from that site, you can run (or "download"/"install" if you must) the app?
Technically it looks like that would actually work [1]. They could host the `.snap` file. Although I'm sure snap will add friction to this (as in, not simple let you open and click "Install") from a downloaded snap file, as they probably want you to use their app store.
1. https://github.com/snapcrafters/signal-desktop/issues/70#iss...