TL;DR for those who didn’t read the article- it’s going to basically offer users choices of programs to have pre-installed where they can basically customize their installation experience… but it’s all going to be predicated on their useless snap store. In other words, as usual the best way to experience Ubuntu is via some third-party variant.

Brutal. It an option more distros need.

No serious user really chooses Ubuntu if they want a minimal install. Best options for that would be, arch, debian, alpine, or something like lubuntu.