This will not go well. Their track record with snap has been terrible from the security standpoint. How many times was malware found in the snap store? Not to mention subpar sandboxing that results in file access issues and missing features due to the nature of sandbox. I feel like Ubuntu has enough problems as is, especially with their non-LTS releases.

why everybody is leaving “the thing”

look inside

net profit margin doubles

Well, since I use Linux, Steam is the only platform that cares about my money. The competition chose not to support my system.