Comment 7 for bug 1972762
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| Darin (newhoa) wrote Re: Firefox snap won't open files in /tmp or ~/.cache -- affects many apps | #7 |
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WebUSB is not working with the Chromium snap.
This prevents Google's Android Flash Tool from being used. The Android Flash Tool allows users to flash Android Factory and OTA Images. GrapheneOS also uses WebUSB for installing (and notes that it is broken on Ubuntu).
It also seems USBMidi isn't working, which prevents midi devices from being used with a lot of web software. This is especially important for Ubuntu Studio, which is meant to make these sorts of things more accessible.
The Chromium-based limitations are pushing people to recommend and opt for the non-snap Chrome (or even Edge) which is much less secure, more invasive, privacy unfriendly, and non-free software. So overall I feel like this is pushing people to proprietary software, outside of the repositories, and away from Chromium and Firefox (and Firefox is struggling as it is, it doesn't need more people driven away). Not to mention Ubuntu itself.