Disclaimer: I'm not really an Android developer. I was considering implementing a service I'm working on for Android and after many hours of research determined

Disclaimer: I'm not really an Android developer. I was considering implementing a service I'm working on for Android and after many hours of research determined it's not a suitable operating system for my purposes. Personally I no longer consider Android a viable computing platform. As a developer you simply don't have the tools available to give your users control over their data and experience. With the changes to storage security the last couple years, they've essentially dumbed it down to the level of a web browser, and in the process pretty much deprecated running native (C, C++, Rust, Golang, etc) applications. I'm not opposed to improving security, but when you can't even run software like syncthing or a file explorer without getting special Play store approval, something is wrong. I've been meaning to write a blog post summarizing what I learned. This official video is actually a pretty good summary of some the changes made and what the goal is: https://youtu.be/UnJ3amzJM94 https://youtu.be/UnJ3amzJM94