I completely agree with @gizmochicken (#19), the importance of this bug is underrated. This is the second hottest bug in snapd, it has been opened for almost 2 years and is affecting every user. In fact, I have never seen any other open-source software occupying home directory without asking user permission (Even software in Windows system won't do this). I don't think this is just a 'Missing functionality' issue, such intrusive method is definitely hurting Snap's reputation. @neotheo (#24) is right, many people may not use snap again because of this.
Most of comments above agree on changing to '$HOME/.snap', I personally prefer '$HOME/.local/snap'. Either is much better than current location. I hope this will be fixed soon.
I completely agree with @gizmochicken (#19), the importance of this bug is underrated. This is the second hottest bug in snapd, it has been opened for almost 2 years and is affecting every user. In fact, I have never seen any other open-source software occupying home directory without asking user permission (Even software in Windows system won't do this). I don't think this is just a 'Missing functionality' issue, such intrusive method is definitely hurting Snap's reputation. @neotheo (#24) is right, many people may not use snap again because of this.
Most of comments above agree on changing to '$HOME/.snap', I personally prefer '$HOME/ .local/ snap'. Either is much better than current location. I hope this will be fixed soon.