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Nextcloud Cries Foul Over Google Play Store App Rejection


Nextcloud has accused Google of sabotaging its Android Files app by revoking the "All files access" permission, which the company says cripples functionality for its 824,000 users and forces reliance on limited alternatives like SAF and MediaStore. The Register reports: Nextcloud's Android Files ap...

"Despite multiple appeals from our side and sharing additional background, Google is not considering reinstating upload for all files," Nextcloud said. While a fully functional version is available on F-Droid, the Play Store edition is subject to Google's imposed limitations. [...] Are there nefarious actors at play here, an automated process that auto-rejects apps with elevated access requirements, or is it just simple incompetence?

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