Am I the only one that’s reading that over and over trying to find where he actually clarifies about it being an “opportunity”? It seems as though he just says that and starts talking nonsense.

The issue I have with flatpaks is the size for most applications. It just doesn’t make sense for me. Not that it’s not useful and has it’s purposes.

Yes, perhaps even easier if you use a Chromium based browser with their WebUSB installer.