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I'd be very happy about this decision, if Snap wasn't even worse. At least this disagreement will slow down, and hopefully prevent, further adaption of both.

AppImage is the only one of those three solutions I find adequate so far. But ultimately native packaging is still the best.

Do you have a solution for updating AppImages? I like them too, but I find, I have to manually check for updates. Like in, go to website, compare version numbers, download.

> I have to manually check for updates.

I've disabled auto upgrading for apt too. I prefer doing it manually when I need / have time for it.

> Do you have a solution for updating AppImages?

Bash.

The only appimage I use regularly, KeepassXC, checks for new versions if you set the setting.

Genuine question, why don't package managers download and update appimages? Or do they ?

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