The title says it all. Browsed Flathub and saw this fat warning label on the Steam Flatpak. Maybe not the best idea if you want to compete with Canoncial’s Snapstore, but hey, what do I know 🤷

  • Cegorach@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get what your point is.

    Should flathub remove the warning or proprietory software?

    And why do you think snapstore would be any better in that regard?

  • operator@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Can someone please help me out? I don’t get it

    This seems like the right way - informing users, those who don’t care don’t care with or without. I’d say that’s fully withing the freedom philosophy

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      1 year ago

      op is making the opposite point, saying that companies making closed source software are going to be put off from putting their software on flathub, the clown face is there with the intent to portray flathub’s action as being naive and idiotic, arguing that not catering to such companies by not letting them distribute closed source software without telling it’s potential users is a bad thing

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    1 year ago

    if you want to compete with Canoncial’s Snapstore

    says it all about your mindset, you think big numbers are good regardless of context, as if google play wasn’t enough of a warning for other distribution platforms

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    1 year ago

    compete with Canoncial’s Snapstore

    Did they introduce a way to sell software yet?