Ubuntu
snapd package

  1. Bug #1575053
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 1575053

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Fanjin Zeng (fanjin) wrote : Re: Please move snap user data from "$HOME/snap" to "$HOME/.snap" (or to "$HOME/.local/share/snap" in accordance with the XDG spec)

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.