Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps
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Canonical are currently dealing with a security incident with the Snap store, after users noticed multiple fake apps were uploaded so temporary limits have been put in place.
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It this schadenfreude because you hate Canonical and their Snap system?
Yes. Absolutely 100%. Canonical has a pretty solid track record of acting like a corporation.
Can't speak for @StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml, but I was happy with Ubuntu when they first started - they took the best of open-source, put it in a nice package and then put money into improving it. It's just over the years they've drifted away from that and slowly have been replacing stuff with their own in-house stuff. At this point, they're sorta Microsoft light. Maybe harmless today, but only because they want to look better than the competition.
If that alone weren't sufficient reason to be skeptically pessimistic, enshitification is trending, all corporations seem to feel that now is the time to turn the screws. Can't blame a guy for expecting bad news generally in this environment.
I left Ubuntu after they apt install firefox became a hidden alias to snap install firefox. Every time Canonical does something worse, I'm reassured I made a good choice.