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Exactly. I feel they want to sell it to a big player, but no big player will touch it unless they can fully control it. Hence snap as part of that plan. Ubuntu is a hell no for me.
Forget selling it.
I think they're going to get everyone trapped in the ecosystem, and then they'll start charging for access to the source.
@caseyweederman @makingStuffForFun the prediction imperative will come in before that. surveillance capitalism is how they will make their fortune
That's exactly what they're trying to change.
Yes, thank god for that.
But they would to a degree if the Snap Store would actually succeed becoming the Linux app store (like Steam is for games but that's more because all other vendors don't care to make a Linux client).
Well, other software exists: https://github.com/flathub/com.bitwig.BitwigStudio/commits/master