I suspect the enshittification of proton is fast approaching.

Disregard productivity, acquire comfy rice.

Everything I’ve gotten as a flatpak has been borked in one way or another. I only use it if there is literally no other option available.

Yes, but its important that there is information available to maintainers about the pros/cons of mechanisms available, so that they are able to make informed choices about the platforms that they use and influence others to use. Hence the article.