Oh good. I have already removed snaps...
... by uninstalling Ubuntu.
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
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This means no AI on base Mint [Insert happy kids stock sound here]!
What a coincidence. Snaps being garbage is the reason I quit using Ubuntu.
If I remove a snap and install a deb package, I should not have to do multiple workarounds to stop it from being replaced with the snap package automatically. The firefox snap doesn't work with a bunch of shit at all.
Seager explained in this morning's update while there won't be a "global kill switch" for AI features on Ubuntu, their plan is to deliver all the AI features via Snap packages. So removing AI features on Ubuntu will come down to removing Snaps.
IMHO opt-in means the snaps wouldn't even be on the system unless you had already opted in, but I was never going to use Ubuntu anyways so what does it matter.
I'm not using Ubuntu anymore, but just want to spit on Canonical.
at some point Ubuntu was the most popular distribution. and the fastest growing one.
what's the most popular one now?
I just use Debian with KDE Plasma. Way cleaner than Ubuntu.
SteamOS
Im Guessing mint
Arch btw