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Mint doesn't use Gnome or KDE, which is why devs generally steer clear. It's best to be coding and running the thing the most number of users will be experiencing.
I use Mint because I want the well-paved path of Ubuntu without Snaps. It’s a fair point that KDE would be a better fit with this mindset, but I like Cinnamon better. Same story with Cosmic and Pop, though it was never my cup of tea.
An equally popular and well-funded distro that is basically Kubuntu without snaps would be compelling, but I don’t know of any distro that fits those qualifications.
You can disable Snaps (and enable Flatpak) in Kubuntu from the package manager gui.
i don't want flatpak either