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The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android

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410 points morsch | 6 comments | 14 May 25 05:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source | bottom
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jeroenhd ◴[14 May 25 10:49 UTC] No.43982964[source]▶
> SAF cannot be used, as it is for sharing/exposing our files to other apps

SAF can be used. There are reasons why this wouldn't be a good fit for NextCloud (you can't share your entire internal storage, your download folder, or the root of an SD card, for instance), but I don't think NextCloud's statement makes sense.

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lozenge ◴[14 May 25 10:56 UTC] No.43983014[source]▶
The point of their app is to backup an entire folder. Sharing from one app to Nextcloud doesn't provide ongoing access to backup later versions of the file.
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1. jeroenhd ◴[14 May 25 10:57 UTC] No.43983020[source]▶
Which they can do, using SAF, without the "access to everything everywhere" permission that they want.
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2. sirdvd ◴[14 May 25 12:24 UTC] No.43983662[source]▶
> permission that they want

"they", in my case it's me. With on my own Nextcloud server, on my own LAN. It's me that want "access to everything everywhere". Difficult for me to think that is not about gate keeping from Google.

3. jasonlotito ◴[14 May 25 14:55 UTC] No.43985277[source]▶
Curious also, why can't users have access to everything everywhere for their own files?
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4. nolist_policy ◴[14 May 25 16:04 UTC] No.43986150[source]▶
Users can access almost everything everywhere with file manager apps. On the Play Store, file manager apps are one of the exceptions that are allowed to access all files.
5. criddell ◴[14 May 25 16:08 UTC] No.43986200[source]▶
Usually the answer is that it creates more problems for more people than it solves. The work involved to add options to allow full access is substantial and could increase the attack surface.

Features that are expensive but only useful to a small portion of the userbase often don't get prioritized.

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6. hkt ◴[14 May 25 16:22 UTC] No.43986359{3}[source]▶
Features that are useful to competitors who would like to provide an alternative to a Google product also don't get prioritised, it seems.