> You give multiple repository support and suddenly users have to one find a way to add another repo, and second there is no way of removing software from those repositories if they do end up malicious.
> Ubuntu is the version of Linux designed to be used by your grandmother. They want to make it as easy as possible for users to install trusted/safe software from both proprietary/free vendors.
By default, GNOME Software and KDE Discover only use the Flathub repository. Your grandmother won't be adding other repositories to the Flatpak client. Users who don't add any extra repositories will use Flathub, which is a trusted source of software that runs on an open source server.
> It's kind of telling that Mozilla/Microsoft/Spotify/Jetbrains released software as a snap long before it is even possible on flatpak but nevermind that. I don't think you can even get VSCode, Spotify or Intellij on Flatpak.
None of those 3 links are provided by Microsoft, Spotify or Jetbrains. Yes they are there, but they are published from 3rd parties. Why exactly do you think that is?
The microsoft, spotify and Jetbrains software comes directly from their respective publishers. Problems are supported and debugged directly. That is a major difference.
Canonical very publicly collaborated with these companies to get their software on the Snap store while Flathub has been handled in a more free-for-all manner. If you build it, they will come, and all that. Moreover, I'm not so sure Red Hat is as explicitly interested in monopolizing the Linux application ecosystem as Canonical, especially since their acquisition by IBM. Maybe IBM has other ideas, but we likely won't see similar marketing efforts on that front in the near future.
> Ubuntu is the version of Linux designed to be used by your grandmother. They want to make it as easy as possible for users to install trusted/safe software from both proprietary/free vendors.
By default, GNOME Software and KDE Discover only use the Flathub repository. Your grandmother won't be adding other repositories to the Flatpak client. Users who don't add any extra repositories will use Flathub, which is a trusted source of software that runs on an open source server.
> It's kind of telling that Mozilla/Microsoft/Spotify/Jetbrains released software as a snap long before it is even possible on flatpak but nevermind that. I don't think you can even get VSCode, Spotify or Intellij on Flatpak.
https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/com.visualstudio.code
https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/com.spotify.Client
https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/com.jetbrains.IntelliJ-...