• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s either in /sdcard/Downloads or /external/emulated/0/android/data/com.google.chrome/Downloads. Couldn’t be easier.

    • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Except when it is not…

      For example Boost saves photo is some photo folder somewhere.

      The only way i can find anything is using a photo app and scanning my entire phone to find things.

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          5 months ago

          Sandboxing is a good thing. It makes it a lot easier and safer for billions of devices to run millions of apps.

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            Sure except that we already have computers where every app uses the same folder structure, just with some files/folders protected with elevated permissions that aren’t accessible to every app. We already have a solution that works and every desktop OS uses. Why would mobile go for a solution that isn’t actually usable?

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              The desktop solution isn’t feasible in the mobile context. Even for desktops, you see an increased interest in reproducible/containerized/sandboxed environments with docker, flatpak/snap, immutable operating systems, and so on. It’s all about managing complexity.

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      5 months ago

      Couldn’t be easier.

      Would certainly be easier if there wasn’t an or in your statement.