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Phone and Chromebook. Kids through highschool might never see anything else. Assignments are in google drive, etc.

• matteoraso 3y ago
  I can't speak for iPhones, but Android has a file system and the ability to create directories. I think it would be weird if Apple products didn't have that as well, even if it's a bit hidden. I don't have any form of evidence to back this up, but I think that this has more to do with apps, not the device that kids use. Having everything be an app makes it seem like you have multiple independent things on your device, and the device itself is nothing more than a way to connect to those apps.
• adolph 3y ago
  Gdrive still has a concept of files and directories. It is kind of primitive in that way.
  • smeej 3y ago
    It does, but using it is really optional. It works equally well if you leave everything in the default Drive directory and use search to find whatever you need. If you're not used to thinking in terms of files, it just looks like a list of your most recent documents, with a search bar to find anything else.
  • kridsdale1 3y ago
    I just read through the circa 2010 retrospective on how the Drive team tried to come up with their brand. 99% of the concepts were very based on the traditional physical idioms of files, mechanical hard disks, etc. iCloud was released midway through the project and so then they started making “cloud file” and “cloud disk” concepts. It was nearly an accident they ended up with an abstract shape like Chrome. But ultimately Google Drive icon has stood the test of time while files and disks have faded in to history.
  • kiwijamo 3y ago
    Kids (almost) never use Drive. They access everything though apps like Doc, Sheets, etc. Source: was until recently a classroom teacher for 7-10 year olds.