Why would anyone install 2GB of "normal" software when same version of that software available in like 100mb elsewhere officially?

[Allan Day]

Gerard Braad <me at gbraad.nl> wrote:
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>> I like the whole idea of 'flatpak' but its really disappointing that why such need of massive size of software package?
>> Is it magical? = No.
>> Is it lossless audio or something like that?= No
>> Than why?
>> A picture is worth thousand word, i gonna send u two screenshot:

I wonder if this should be considered to be a gnome-software bug.
While it is true that the download might total 2.2 GB, if you include
the "dependencies", it is misleading to suggest that the app itself is
2.2 GB. Most of the size is essentially a one-time setup step.

Allan