My eclipse installation has broken few times. Once with permission issue - could not even start eclipse. Then one day suddenly could not open C++ perspective. Some how C++ natures were uninstalled. So, I tried to uninstall eclipse using snap UI. Tried over and over clicking on the remove/uninstall button, it prompted for password and then no response. I want to use apt-get and just tar files. snap is just a hell to work with. Wasting lot of time.
It is not possible to install a recent Ubuntu release without snap since the installer is a snap since a while; also, in case you pick secure boot and full disk encryption for the install your kernel is a snap too…
But nobody forces you to use snap after install and simply only install packages using apt or tarballs… Just do it as you like…
If you would like you can remove snap completely after installation of Ubuntu:
apt remove snapd --purge
This removes all installed snap packages and snapd.