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    apt install firefox (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    when I don’t have a choice and I am being forced to use what the distro maintainers think is good for me.

    That's the case on literally any distro.
    And just like on literally any distro, you can also install Firefox from FlatPak, the Mozilla repo or from source.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Except on Ubuntu it just installs the snap regardless. If you don't pay attention you may not even realize that it is a snap. Also the snap store is controlled exclusively by one company with a questionable history.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

    Read my comment again:

    install Firefox from FlatPak
    the Mozilla repo
    or from source

    In none of these cases will Ubuntu be able to install it from snap instead.
    Only the Firefox "package" in the Ubuntu repos actually just links to a script that installs the snap.