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I haven't had any issues with the few snaps I use so far
The issues are more being worse than flatpak in most ways: Proprietary, bigger, slower, no support for external repos
You had me at proprietary. But seriously, I use FOSS. I'll tolerate proprietary software if I have absolutely no other choice. There's absolutely no reason for me to put up with this bullshit. While it's a long way from the kind of shitfuckery Microsoft is so fond of, it's still completely unnecessary.
Proprietary doesn't bother me at least not how snap is currently implemented
I don't recall noticing a size difference between snaps and flatpaks
I've found snaps as fast as flatpaks, but I know snaps has issues before I started using them
Honestly, if you're satisfied, there's not really a compelling reason to switch. Keep using snaps if that's what works for you. But I would like to remark that we should preferably support open solutions to proprietary ones. That's not saying that we should never use proprietary software, but just something to keep in mind.