The backend is proprietary and you or other orgs cannot run their own server. It's harcoded to use Canonical's servers for obtaining snaps and their metadata...
seething Ubuntu fans are funny af lol.
Your leash being longer than average doesn't remedy the fact that you're still tied to a pole...
snaps are a proprietary vendor-locked format, the only redeeming quality is being able to run them in cli (once Flatpak get that too, there is no valid reason for snaps to exist).
I just find it midly infuriating (if that even is a thing, meaning I hate it but it's not that significant for me to distro hop on my work laptop) to have two "universal" package formats on my system with Canonical shoving the objectively worse one (from a free/libre pov) down my throat...
"wdym a different OS doesn't behave exactly like Winsows? That just means it's bad!"
"It's Linux' fault that my proprietary software/configurator for overpriced hardware gimmicks isn't working and definitely not just the vendor not giving enough of a shit to provide support (or at least help with community drivers) on other platforms as well!!1!"
capitalism corrupts everything it touches with enough time
can't wait for the fediverse to die 🙂
EDIT: I thought it was obvious that my illogical phrase, in combination with the emoji, would be recognized as sarcasm, but apparently y'all need a big "/s"
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ok lol, but no
what did the hussy ever do to you?