why all programs from flatpak open as superuser?

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why all programs from flatpak open as superuser?

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I tried to install programs from flatpak (via software manager in mint), but every program I installed open as superuser. check the screenshot below.

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Why is that?. As far as I know, filezilla don't need root permissions to work. All the other programs from flatpak like vcode, atom, vlc are the same.
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Re: why all programs from flatpak open as superuser?

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There has been some reports on the same behavior on the forums. see: search.php?keywords=flatpak+superuser
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Re: why all programs from flatpak open as superuser?

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thanks. well, they are not actually running as root.
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