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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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[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

flathub, how DARE you put popular software that many linux users use on your repository?

[–] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

oh I didn't understand it like that, sorry. but yeah I think foss software should be the priority on linux lol

as most people but not op