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And you think no money changed hands to make that the official stance? Because that's the only reason them taking such a stance would ever make sense.
donate to them and they won't have to seek funding elsewhere
i agree with you that canonical is all to happy to deliver firefox as a snap, but what evidence do you have? money changing hands is definitely a possibility, but snaps do have advantages over debs.
That they would do something against the good of the people, tis all the proof you need.
ok, so i'm not arguing with you because i also don't like snaps. i'm just asking if you have proof so that i can use that info to make a more convincing argument about why snaps suck