Comment 12 for bug 1575053
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| Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote Re: User data directory should conform to XDG Base Directory Specification | #12 |
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"Snaps are supposed to make Ubuntu easier for non-techie users, not harder, and putting this data in a standard directory under $HOME does not pass the grandmother test"
IIRC, the reason why ~/snap was chosen was precisely to pass "the grandmother test" since a snap's data is typically stored in ~/snap/<name>/.... Putting those files in a hidden directory (eg ~/.snap/<name>/...) means that "Grandma" may not be able to find as easily the document she just created.
That said, I see no reason why this cannot be revisited on the mailing list as Mark suggested.