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APT had (and kinda still has) the opposite problem. "apt-get install" is redundant. And true to Linux fashion, there have been a few implmentations of an "apt install" syntax, which were different enough to be a problem.
Also my OSMC box bitches at me when I run "apt upgrade" because it wants me to type "apt full-upgrade..."
There are some things I'd like to ask the Flatpak developers while holding them 6 inches off the ground by their shirt collar. Like why is it such a bitch to run flatpak update over ssh? It wants you to key in your password 96 times if you do that. It's also really fun to deal with org.whatthefuck.WhatTheFuck too.
I don't think apt is as bad as pacman, I use nala on my debian machine. The best syntax in my book has zypper, but I am biased. Simply running a flatpak from cli is a hassle. :P
Yeah I'll go with that; convention is you run software by evoking its name as a command. apt install vim, then you can run vim by typing "vim." Not with Flatpak, you evoke "flatpak run .org.bullshit.Vim". It's not merely designed to be used through a GUI, it's designed to be not used through a CLI.