While it is annoying to people like you and me, this is a good thing for the average user. Your average downloads folder probably contains sensitive information that shouldn’t be visible to apps. Same with Android/data. Locking it down is annoying for sure, but it’s admittedly a good privacy&security measure.
If the average user was more occupied dealing with identity theft they’d have less time to spread misinformation on Facebook and Twitter.
Exactly.
I have often found malware apps with all sorts of permission on my relatives phones which suddenly started to lag alot. These folders can be easily exploited by malware apps, so its kinda good.
You should definitely campaign against seatbelt laws
You joke but those and helmet laws all should be repealed. We need to stop protecting people from Darwin. When the stupid assholes can’t cull themselves naturally it drives the average intelligence downward.
We see the results of this in modern society with the number of iPhone owners. No one should want an iPhone but marketing is all it takes for the stupid to be convinced.
When the stupid assholes can’t cull themselves naturally it drives the average intelligence downward.
And yet … here you are.
Only because he’ll get a ticket if he’s caught not wearing his seatbelt.
Funny thing, if you pretend to take off your seat belt it looks like you were wearing one. Seatbelt laws are useless tyranny.
Sounds like you’re part of the group they’re protecting if you refuse to understand and value the need for permission management ;)
Unlucky!
This is so every app can only read it’s own subfolder. Unless you think it’s better that advertisers and app developers can have access to 100% of your personal files
I wish I could at least create a folder on my microSD card for these apps but no.
Only if you’re smooth-brained.
I was expecting an important folder but the Download folder???
How is downloads folder not important? For most people this is literally the biggest folder of files containing everything they ever downloaded, and it may also include downloads from messengers, e.g. Whatsapp and Telegram.
You just answered your own question.
I hate SAF with a passion
For those who don’t know: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider
Just curious, as a rooted phone user is there any way to force this to allow you to use downloads?
I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH APP PERMISSIONS. IF YOUR APP NEEDS A PLACE TO READ/WRITE FILES, IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP IT OUT OF YOUR DOWNLOADS FOLDER THAT COULD CONTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION LIKE BANK STATEMENTS OR OTHER THINGS. YOU DON’T WANT SOME RANDOM APP LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT ENDS UP IN YOUR DOWNLOADS FOLDER!!!
GET RILED ABOUT GIVING THESE GREEDY DATA SNOOPING APPS THE LEAST PERMISSION POSSIBLE!!
I understand the security implications, but I think I should at least have a say about what happens on my own phone
The app in question is popular and open source. My SD card’s downloads folder is also unused and empty, as you can see. There is absolutely zero risk here
But…… if you’re allowed to install into the downloads folder, then it wouldn’t be unused and empty…… ?
Is this Schrödinger’s file system?
OP isn’t trying to install into the downloads folder; they’re trying to grant an app access to the downloads folder to read and write data.
But… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ?
Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?
The mildly infuriating part of this post is OP thinking that his consumer phone OS was made just for them and not millions of tech-illiterate people.
I was done when I saw all caps.
It is.
Time to install a file manager such as Ghost Commander
That’s not how it works
