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Wait how do you install flatpaks? I add the remote (if necessary) and then install it from there. That is nothing like I have ever seen on Windows (though apparently there are package managers).
I think he's referencing the flathub install button where you can just hit install.
That just displays the command or is there a browser extension that runs it for you too? Most Windows apps certainly don't run by just clicking a button either.
It's a flatpak://url that opens the app store on the computer where you do a one click install. So technically it's two clicks.
Ah, I don't have an app store. That would explain why I have never seen it.