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Ubuntu/Snap simply does not work anymore. The sandboxing blocks all access to remote shares. I run a ZFS NFS file server for my data, and snap is blocking this. I'm in the process of switching all my Linux machines over to Arch. Also on one of my Ubuntu machines Chrome, which is a snap, seqfaults on startup. To me, Ubuntu is dead/dying other than in a docker container.

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A semi serious question: Why not Debian?

On the other hand, the biggest problem with this new technologies is they are strongly opinionated about the design choices they make. Instead of being flexible, they apply the ideas on their users with great force and, this is what bothers me most.

I'm not fundamentally against Snap/AppImage/FlatPak et. al. Also, I'm not fundamentally against the operating principles of Canonical per se but, some of their choices and the way they decide to apply (read: somewhat force) these choices make me stay away from them.

They have a Google-esque "We made the right choice and the only choice made by us is right" vibe and, this is not helping anyone on the long run IMHO.

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