the requirement for policykit (and dropping of gksu/gksudo) came with the switch to gnome upstream, its a hard requirement for the desktop nowadays.
while the default here might be wrong (and should be reviewed by someone from the desktop team), this is definitely not a snapd related bug. i added a gnome-software task and will close the snapd one ... ** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Also affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850977 Title: Snap installs software without user having sudo access To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1850977/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs