Comment 65 for bug 1575053

It's not even just that. Part of the confusion here is that people think this is content that should be hidden, but it's really not. This is closer to "~/Documents" than it is to "~/.config". The directories under ~/snap hold the $HOME for snaps. They are the place strict snaps can write to, unless they have a home interface. That's the real reason why it wasn't originally cooked under ~/.something.

Per earlier notes, we are working on a richer mechanism, and once that lands we'll review the situation again. Meanwhile, apologies for the directory not having the name some of you would like to have.