The long chain of arguments from the devs that the snap folder is different just reflects what they *want* the snap folder to be, not what it actually is. I have 10 folders inside $HOME/snap. I have no idea what content is in any of them, nor do I care about that content, nor would I ever browse it as I would Documents, Downloads, etc. It is simply junk.
I'm not upset that the software has this problem, but I'm upset that the devs have not treated the problem seriously. It's been over 3 years since the issue was raised. Every single person who installs Ubuntu runs into the "snap" folder and has no idea what it is. UX matters and this is a major UX failure. The devs of snap, in their responses here, completely disregard common sense UX due to (a) technical reasons, which despite being of clear importance do not adequately justify 3 years of not prioritizing this, (b) pedagogical beliefs about what the snap folder is/should be, which are just idealistic since that is not what the folder actually is. Yes, I'm happy that fixing this is on the roadmap. But no, I don't think that taking 3 years so far is excusable, and I don't think this issue has been given nearly the attention it deserves. I'm sorry but renaming a folder doesn't require 3 years of work -- no matter what idealistic idea you have for the software in the long term, just disregard that for now and rename the **** folder as everyone is clearly annoyed, and it's your fault for dumping junk on them that they didn't want or need. After you rename the folder you can solve your technical issues about where snap apps can store their stuff. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575053 Title: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1575053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
