I just tried to upgrade Ubuntu and I suddenly see that new packages want to be installed; snapd and firefox. I don’t need Firefox because I’m already using Firefox-ESR as a deb and I certainly don’t need snaps.
Why is Ubuntu doing this? I get it you like snaps but I don’t, so don’t try to force install it. I had to use apt-mark hold to block the install of snapd and firefox. This is also not an isolated incident. I just checked Reddit and someone made a thread 8 hours back regarding the same issue.
This thing is giving me Microsoft vibes.
The reason is pretty much just laziness. This is actually my work laptop. I told management that I needed Linux. They only know about Ubuntu and their “monitoring” tools have only been tested on that platform. Thus I couldn’t use any other random distro.
I’m also a Firefox supporter (I use Chromium as backup since some company resources work better on that). I found out that the Firefox-ESR was still released as a deb and the installation is without a hassle. I just need stability and no the latest bells and whistles.