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Why on Flathub it says that it "uses legacy windowing system", but there is granted permission to use Wayland socket in manifest?
Probably because there's also permission to use the X11 socket.
No, its certainly not because of that.
Many apps have both permissions simultaneously and theres no warning. In this case X11 is used as a fallback if wayland is not used.
It prefers X11, and Wayland can be enabled through the ozone layer.
Ok, but why there's a warning on flathub that it uses legacy windowing system
Because it will always use X11 unless you tell it not to.