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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 🤷

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[–] DAT@feddit.de 0 points 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?

[–] SpookyOperative@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This seems like a very reasonable and pretty tame warning?

[–] balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, but there's no shot any serious software company will want that shit under their brand

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then they should make it open source (not free)

[–] balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your goal is to get back scratches from the circlejerk don't feel the need to participate lol

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I mean I totally understand why they don't. Even as a heavy supporter of open source I don't know if I would.