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Best of the three major agnostic package formats. If it brings more focus to Linux development, I don't see how it can be a bad thing. A bit more space needed but for most setups this is a non-issue
Yeah duplication of running libraries is also a RAM/CPU resource issue but for modern well resourced machines probably not noticable. It is an issue when scaling down to low powered / old devices though. Like, running a web browser which runs in it's own sandbox with duplicate libraries running is going to have noticable performance differences compared to a non-sandboxed program running native libraries on a low RAM or low CPU system.
That's not to say Flatpak isn't a good solution; and all the agnostic package formats have the same issue compared to non-sandboxed apps. Plus the added security issues and stability on bleeding edge systems is good.
Plus, being able to sandbox user space applications, which previously had free reign, is nice.
Sandboxing isn’t 100% there yet, but it’s come along way.