> unlike flatpak which just dumps everything in ~/.local/share/[...]
Here you are referring to separating the config and data?
Is this actually a problem? I can see how for things like games it would be valuable to have a special location for thing like saves games, like how you can move the roaming save for minecraft from a computer to another; but I never understood the net gain from splitting the application files in config/data
Curated configuration generally outlives data. If storage space becomes an issue, there is value in recovering storage space but config is generally small and much more important in the long term.
Here you are referring to separating the config and data? Is this actually a problem? I can see how for things like games it would be valuable to have a special location for thing like saves games, like how you can move the roaming save for minecraft from a computer to another; but I never understood the net gain from splitting the application files in config/data