Comment 237 for bug 1575053

My main issue is that the snap folder is visible in the file manager and on the command line by default. With .snap that would no longer be the case. Workarounds for all file managers / file dialogs / file listing commands are not always easy.

Is there any specific context in which it is important to have a snap folder that is visible by default? I just can't think of anything.

Even better (but just nice to have) would be any default location (even ~/snap) and the option to set a configuration file in e.g. /etc/snapd/ that allows to set a custom path that is read and interpreted during re-installation. This way regular users / users that don't bother don't have to do anything and all other users can make their own decision.

As you can see from the previous paragraph I am sadly not a very savvy developer. But I am very curious to know: Would the effort to migrate to another hardcoded location than the current one (e.g. ~/.snap) be more, less or similar to the effort with a user-configurable location?