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Updated Similar projects (markdown)
Fix link to moved "platform issues" article
Update app store counts
Update section on the snap store
Updated info and add packaging kernels and system services to features -not entirely sure if AppImage can package system services?, Cleaned up "corporate backing" section and moved "adoption" to the top so we don't need to talk about the companies creating AppImages twice.
"classic" snaps havbe access to host OS libraries and binaries, platform snaps bundle common runtimes and functionality.
Updated popularity graph and switched "Snapcraft" (the build tool) to "Ubuntu Snap" ("Snap" itself also includes results for Snap inc., "Ubuntu Snap" is only about the Snap package manager)
Putting the CLA in "packaging format" was a bit confusing. The snap format standard can be changed without a CLA. The snapd codebase requires a CLA. Users might think that creating a snap package requires a CLA.
Given that you can't run Snaps or Flatpaks without installing the clients, they always auto-update.
Updated Snap info. Removed wild claim that developers pay for more permissions; this is done using standardized processes: https://snapcraft.io/docs/permission-requests
OStree
It is vice versa (source: https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2019/06/comparing-libreoffice-62-versions-appimage-flatpak-snap.html)
subsurface exists now in nixos package index
Edit to make checkmarks less opinionated and also to add partial emoji. Also cleanup install section, potentially re-add usb installation if the instructions for snap can be included.
Update Flathub app count
Snap usage