As you are aware, there are three main universal binary packages available for GNU/Linux distributions, Snappy, Flatpak, and AppImage, and OS maintainers are free to implement which one they think it’s best for their users, or even more of them. In the interview, elementary’s devs revealed the fact that they want to go with Ubuntu’s Snappy technologies to provide their users with a modern and secure confined app format because of the extra layer of security Snaps provide by design.
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