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Syncthing Android App Discontinued

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397 points opengears | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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andyjohnson0 ◴[20 Oct 24 20:22 UTC] No.41898211[source]▶
I'm a big fan of Syncthing, and use it on Android as well as pc. But it seems they are relying MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission and I can't see a good reason for Google to go on permitting that in 2024. It gives an app too much power.

Android has had scoped storage for a decade now. Time to get with the program and start using the SAF.

It does feel very odd to be actually agreeing with the Goog on something...

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bakugo ◴[20 Oct 24 22:35 UTC] No.41899063[source]▶
An app that's supposed to sync your files having access to your files is "too much power" now?

It's hard to fathom just how much damage smartphones have done to personal computing, but statements like these are a grim reminder.

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1. carstenhag ◴[21 Oct 24 10:33 UTC] No.41902652[source]▶
When bad actors keep misusing and messing up user's folders & data, it was deemed necessary. I know I know, on desktop machines this is different. But they also suffer from hundreds of thousands of malware, ransomware, etc.