[Bug 1965535] [NEW] Stop recommending snap

[Ivan]

Public bug reported:

Currently, ubuntu recommends installing snap by default, and some apps
are slowly transitioning from DEB-based installation to Snap-based
installation.

APT is great, and facilitates having a clean, maintainable system.

The snap project is not very well designed or engineered (just changing
the location of where snap data is located is taking the project more
than 5 years because it was hardcoded:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1575053). The design of snap, and
many decisions made in the project that impact users, are very
questionable, and snaps are large and VERY slow.

I'd like to request that Ubuntu stops recommending snap, stops
transitioning towards snaps, and we come back to defaulting to DEB/APT-
based installation for all apps.

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Stop recommending snap

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently, ubuntu recommends installing snap by default, and some apps
  are slowly transitioning from DEB-based installation to Snap-based
  installation.

  APT is great, and facilitates having a clean, maintainable system.

  The snap project is not very well designed or engineered (just
  changing the location of where snap data is located is taking the
  project more than 5 years because it was hardcoded:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1575053). The design of snap,
  and many decisions made in the project that impact users, are very
  questionable, and snaps are large and VERY slow.

  I'd like to request that Ubuntu stops recommending snap, stops
  transitioning towards snaps, and we come back to defaulting to
  DEB/APT-based installation for all apps.

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