I can recommend a minty flavored alternative if you're sick of it.
Why just now? Meanwhile, all Debian packages on their apt repos are reviewed and maintained by Debian.
Maybe adding a proprietary *layer to an open-source OS was a bad idea (for end users)?
I've heard all the arguments about how these new packaging formats are supposed to make things easy for developers and for users with different use cases than my own (apparently), but I will continue to avoid them until they have further matured. I'm relieved that this is still possible.
How is that not a security theater? , you just need to :
- publish a good snap
- change it to malware after it is approved
- profit
The extra cost added to override this is fairly small, i don't think it will help.
Then I'll be on the last deb until it no longer works. I'm not going down the proprietary snap route.