Canonical are currently dealing with a security incident with the Snap store, after users noticed multiple fake apps were uploaded so temporary limits have been put in place.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t know anything about this hack because I just heard of it, but I look forward to finding out how it’s actually much worse than meets the eye. I know this is how it will end because this is how every deep dive into snap issues ends.

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      1 year ago

      I look forward to finding out how it’s actually much worse than meets the eye. [emphasis added]

      It this schadenfreude because you hate Canonical and their Snap system?

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        1 year ago

        Yes. Absolutely 100%. Canonical has a pretty solid track record of acting like a corporation.

        Can’t speak for @[email protected], but I was happy with Ubuntu when they first started - they took the best of open-source, put it in a nice package and then put money into improving it. It’s just over the years they’ve drifted away from that and slowly have been replacing stuff with their own in-house stuff. At this point, they’re sorta Microsoft light. Maybe harmless today, but only because they want to look better than the competition.

        If that alone weren’t sufficient reason to be skeptically pessimistic, enshitification is trending, all corporations seem to feel that now is the time to turn the screws. Can’t blame a guy for expecting bad news generally in this environment.

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        1 year ago

        I left Ubuntu after they apt install firefox became a hidden alias to snap install firefox. Every time Canonical does something worse, I’m reassured I made a good choice.