Their image shows the actual /sdcard/ directory open, but doesn't android (google) want people to not give apps access to that folder directly? (giving permissi

Their image shows the actual /sdcard/ directory open, but doesn't android (google) want people to not give apps access to that folder directly? (giving permission for that folder is not allowed in the new api I think, for "security" and "privacy" purposes, definitely not just to dumb their phone down...).