<story><title>Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it</title><url>https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nromiun</author><text>&amp;gt; Snap applications auto-update and that’s fine if Ubuntu wants to keep systems secure. But it can’t even be turned off manually.&lt;p&gt;OMG. Is this real? This is the exact reason I use Linux instead of Windows 10 or macOS. I am not a grandma who can&amp;#x27;t stay up to date on tech news. At the least there should be a toggle for power users. But no, you can only defer it. Am I the only one who doesn&amp;#x27;t like it when your already slow internet slows down even further? It feels like hell when you are working.&lt;p&gt;I am not upgrading to this. I have been using Arch Linux as my personal OS. Maybe I should look into Debian for my VMs.&lt;p&gt;And just read this thread[1]. Is this how they treat their users? Even Reddit is better then this.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;discourse.ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;is-ubuntu-software-going-to-be-remove-for-snap-snap-store&amp;#x2F;14542&amp;#x2F;58&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;discourse.ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;is-ubuntu-software-going-to-b...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ultrarunner</author><text>We work at remote sites on cell connections. Part of the reason we moved to Ubuntu from Windows was the ability to control data usage, which is expensive. Automatic updates quickly become a significant slice of the bill when random decisions like these get pushed on users. Ubuntu was supposed to help prevent us from needing to chase this.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it</title><url>https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nromiun</author><text>&amp;gt; Snap applications auto-update and that’s fine if Ubuntu wants to keep systems secure. But it can’t even be turned off manually.&lt;p&gt;OMG. Is this real? This is the exact reason I use Linux instead of Windows 10 or macOS. I am not a grandma who can&amp;#x27;t stay up to date on tech news. At the least there should be a toggle for power users. But no, you can only defer it. Am I the only one who doesn&amp;#x27;t like it when your already slow internet slows down even further? It feels like hell when you are working.&lt;p&gt;I am not upgrading to this. I have been using Arch Linux as my personal OS. Maybe I should look into Debian for my VMs.&lt;p&gt;And just read this thread[1]. Is this how they treat their users? Even Reddit is better then this.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;discourse.ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;is-ubuntu-software-going-to-be-remove-for-snap-snap-store&amp;#x2F;14542&amp;#x2F;58&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;discourse.ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;is-ubuntu-software-going-to-b...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DoofusOfDeath</author><text>I agree entirely. Unavoidable updates were one of the key factors in my choice to avoid Windows 10 for business-critical computing. I standardized on Ubuntu instead, but this could be a deal-breaker for me.&lt;p&gt;I hope Canonical fixes this immediately. I&amp;#x27;m not eager to spend time re-researching to market for a suitable OS.</text></comment>