Why would I choose Fedora over Ubuntu?
There's also Linux Mint and Debian if you're hell bent on apt. They usually work right out of the box like Ubuntu does.
If you can't install snap packages, your distro is useless.
But you're free to add snap to anything you like. The problem with Ubuntu is forcing it on users, not simply that snap exists.
You asked what other distro would get you going as quickly as Ubuntu.