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Files have some drawbacks... they're difficult for multiple people to work on together (slides). They're often not easy to organize, and they're often not avai
by jdonaldson 5y ago
Files have some drawbacks... they're difficult for multiple people to work on together (slides). They're often not easy to organize, and they're often not available where you want them.
- pkdpic 5y agoThats really interesting, I never thought about the fact that restrictive seeming mobile apps shift focus from local file storage to remote db file storage via apps.
- tentacleuno 5y agoIf you use something like Syncthing[0] (great, can recommend) you'll get them available exactly where you want them: on all your devices. The only real problem with it is conflicts, where one file is edited simultaneously on two devices. I think Dropbox has solved that (?), but I'd rather keep my data on my own computers.
- jrm4 5y agoSyncthing handles conflicts about as elegantly as possible, I think?
- tentacleuno 5y agoThey do, but it's still a PITA when one comes up. It's great with KeepassXC database files because you can use the Merge databases function to manually merge the two databases (then delete the .sync-conflict).
- jrm4 5y agoYou can have other interfaces in addition to the files, that discourage, perhaps strongly, getting to them directly. But it's always been straight up evil to completely remove all meaningful access to them, and yet Apple et al chose to go in this direction.
- chc 5y ago"Et al"? Google provides a file manager for Android.
- jrm4 5y agoGoogle's definitely better, but let's not pretend that the file manager experience is equivalent to any of the desktop OSs.
- vanviegen 5y agoIt seems that the default desktop file managers haven't received a lot of developer love in the past two decades either. Android has good third party file managers though, like Solid Explorer.
- AnyTimeTraveler 5y agoI've been using Xplore on Android for ages. It's an amazing file manager. With it's SSH, SMB, and Wifi-Filetransfer it has so far outclasses most desktop filemanagers that I have tried. It might not be stock, but it's easy to get from the app store.