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Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What use to be the PPA that allowed Ubuntu users to use native .deb packages for Firefox has recently changed to the same meta package that forces installation of Snap and the Firefox snap package.

I am having to remove the meta package, then re-uninstall the snap firefox, then re-uninstall Snap, then install pin the latest build I could get (firefox_116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1_arm64.deb) to keep the native firefox build.

I'm so done with Ubuntu.

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use snaps for Spotify and Firefox. I know that it's "forcing" something on users in an ecosystem where things should never be forced on you but as long as they work, I just don't want to fight them anymore.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've succeeded. They've worn you down.

I swapped to pop and Debian.

I refuse to have Google and Microsoft tactics used against me in the Linux world, so Ubuntu are out for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it's on a laptop that's plugged into my stereo and streams Spotify and my music collection. On my main system I don't use snaps but for that particular one I wanted kubuntu and Spotify and that was basically it. But I guess you are right about them wearing me down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just use the flatpak versions instead. I've been using the spotify flatpak for years now and the firefox flatpak for a few week since switching to debian (they package firefox esr which I refuse to use)