I installed a copy of Debian testing with Gnome 3.28 in a virtual machine. Both contrib and non-free repositories are disabled.

Even with gnome-software-plugin-snap installed, Gnome Software in Debian doesn't recommend any non-free software, as previously reported. So in a correctly configured distribution, gnome-software-plugin-snap by itself does neither good nor harm.

However, when I tried to search snap packages using "snap find" command, it DOES return (suspected) non-free software such as spotify. I also tried to run "snap find google" and got a long list of suspected non-free software related to Google's SaaSS.

Though Debian users cannot install such non-free software from the Gnome Software's graphical front end, it's still considered a potential freedom issue, because users can be lured to try to use those non-free software.

Note: output for command "snap find spotify"
spotify
tizonia
vsslagent
magnesium

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