I've been using Mint now for several years and been satisfied with it. I was afraid that the Ubuntu's snap mishegas would force me to move elsewhere, but this is the message I was hoping to hear from the Mint team.
With snap packages you get companies like Microsoft to deliver a native package for Skype, Jetbrain to deliver their whole developer portfolio, Spotify their music thing, etc. They can do so because they are basing the work in a common, stable runtime.
Okay, but... It is a backdoor. A user trying to install a deb get snap shoved down their throat.
> They can do so because they are basing the work in a common, stable runtime.
And none of that requires taking control from the user.