Anything that is appealing to the masses at large is shit, not success. What you're referring to is monetization, or as called by some people, Judaism.
Ubuntu Core
It doesn't
I think I will like to make a distinction between Jews, who will get their name from me, J.W., and Israelites in general, who are the children of Satan apparently, in my interpretation.
Choose one.
Seems like it's succeeding pretty damn well to me. Free software is the base of most phones on the planet and most servers.
And taken further
Yes it does. You have to log into it using a Ubuntu One account through ssh. It is very much botnet.
You don't, idiot. I'm using several snaps on Xubuntu and I never had to log in anywhere. It's just that the Ubuntu Software Center on GNOME asks you to log in. If you can't disable that from the gui then use the terminal to download snaps.
Images can be built in layers that share a common base.
Then why the fuck are you here?