How do we disable the snap stuff

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 06:13:35PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> As this snap stuff can not be trusted to not make unauthorised
> changes, and, cannot be trusted to not sabotage the system operation
> (this unauthorised snap interference probably explains the error
> messages that I have been getting, about incomplete and partial
> upgrades and resultant systems instability across my systems), how do
> we disable this malicious snap thing?

Bret,

You often describe the behaviour of Ubuntu or packages shipped by Ubuntu
as "malicious", when on investigation it has generally turned out to be
either a bug or simply something that is not to your liking.  A very
quick search found at least these:

  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-January/283883.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2017-January/288807.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2017-October/291637.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2017-October/291819.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2017-October/291837.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2019-March/296428.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2019-August/298117.html

I've asked you not to do this before, noting the Ubuntu code of conduct:

  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2018-February/293487.html

Quite honestly: if you really think that Canonical or Ubuntu is
malicious, then you shouldn't use Ubuntu: you can't trust any software
from an organization that you routinely allege distributes malicious
software.  But, as far as I can tell, you seem to in fact use
"malicious" as a shorthand for something like "a thing on my computer
that doesn't behave the way I want it to".

Please stop.  It's hurtful to people who read this list and put a lot of
effort into writing parts of that software (sure, we tend to develop
thick skins, but we shouldn't have to), and it grossly misrepresents the
situation.  Of course anyone can disagree about how software should
behave: I don't agree with everything Ubuntu does either.  However,
making repeated accusations of actual malice over a period of years is
surely well out of order.  If you genuinely thought it was that bad then
you would be using something else.

Thank you,

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]