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Valve seeing increasing bug reports due to Steam Snap - other methods recommended (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you specifically try to install the non-snap version, and Ubuntu just says "no, you're getting snap". There was a kerfuffle about Ubuntu and chrome a while back.

There is sometimes an "advantage" in being able to user a new version with your OS than you would otherwise, or not needing to try to find/download dependencies.

The downside is that it's slower, they take up more room, they have issues when the program needs to talk to other programs, and that Canonical is creating a weird walled garden.

...also, if you want something similar-ish to snaps, with the same upside and with less downsides, use flat-packs.

...but honestly, just install the actual program.