One of the criticisms people have with containerizing their desktop apps is the "insane amount of space for their environment" that people think it requires. That's a direct quote from a reddit post on the topic from today.
Let's have a look
Today I'll compare two desktops, one will be
Flatpaks aren’t huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can’t recommend reading this article enough.
That’s great and all, but Steam still solved their issues of having a stable gaming platform on a bunch of distros by nesting virtualization and runtimes
Can’t wait to have containers for containers.
I legitimately think that people in the community are stupid enough to see value in something like that.
Wait til you find out how Steam works
I’ve been trying to wean myself off Steam for awhile now.
I just use it for games I already own on it and games that require Steam, like TF2.
That’s great and all, but Steam still solved their issues of having a stable gaming platform on a bunch of distros by nesting virtualization and runtimes