Yeah this is exactly it. I don't really give a damn about snaps. But when I use apt to install something, and the OS silently installs a snap version instead, that's not acceptable to me. I'm not going to ever use Ubuntu again where I have a choice, personally.

>But when I use apt to install something, and the OS silently installs a snap version instead

Does `apt remove` remove the snap?

And then 'apt install firefox' or 'apt install thunderbird' installs it back.

... which on its own is one of the better reasons to ditch a distro.