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> Mobiles have shown that it's possible to remove the concept of files entirely from the user facing side of an OS. File browsers got very popular very quickly

> Mobiles have shown that it's possible to remove the concept of files entirely from the user facing side of an OS. File browsers got very popular very quickly on Android and there is a bundled one on there now. So mobile has shown that despite the designers attempt to deprecate files, it didn't work out.

Double_a_92 5y ago
I strongly doubt that regular users ever bothered to use Android's file system. If there are even files involved, most people will just use the app that received or created that file to interact with it. Especially since apps sometimes put files in completely random places, that even I as a technical person have trouble finding.
onion2k 5y ago
I imagine the number of users who have opened the file browser app is a low single digit percentage of Android users. Maybe even less than 1%.
- ungamedplayer 5y ago
  I am the 1 percent. Yay.
- midasuni 5y ago
  So 3 million people in the US alone
  - _se 5y ago
    1% of American Android users, not 1% of Americans. Far less than 3MM.
    - midasuni 5y ago
      330m Americans, almost all have at least one smart phone, about half are androids, still taking millions of people, hindered of millions world wide.