Google Restores File Permissions For Nexcloud

Longtime Slashdot reader mprindle writes: Nextcloud has been in an ongoing battle with Google over the tech giant revoking the All Files permission from the Nextcloud Android App, which prevents users from managing their files on their server. After a blog post and several tech sites reported on the issue, "Google reached out to us [Nexcloud] and offered to restore the permission, which will give users back the functionality that was lost." Nextcloud is working on an app update and hopes to have it pushed out within a week.

What a slap in the face!

[Gravis Zero]

They restore permissions for this "Nexcloud" app but are still snubbing Nextcloud? UNREAL! ;)

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[know-nothing cunt]

the Nextcloud Android App, which prevents users from managing their files on their server

They're probably just helping Nextcloud fulfill its mission.

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[UPi]

The only reason they are restoring Nextcloud is because Nextcloud users were forced to migrate to F-Droid. Seriously, that is the only reason I have F-Droid on my phone, Google basically forced me to use a 3rd-party app store. Thanks Google.

GOD EXISTS

[Shaman007]

GOD EXISTS

don't call us we'll call you

[Anonymous Coward]

want to talk to a human at google? It's easy! All you have to do is get widespread media attention!

MKAAS

[abulafia]

How long until we see someone offers Media Kerfluffles as a Service? That seems to be the only reliable way to get movement on things like this.

This shows Nextcloud has enough users to do it themselves, but lots of indie devs can't. Seems like a potential niche for a specialist 'influencer".

Of course there are already orgs doing this, they're just typically politically focused. Apple and Google's pressure points are very different than a congressweasel's.

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[sound+vision]

Was it the media that did it or something else? Seems that both EU and US regulators have stopped entertaining some of Google's BS recently.

Today's US regulators could be bought with a large purchase of Trumpcoin. But EU regulators may still be expecting Google to stop anticompetitive behavior.

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[itsme1234]

YES. This happened to syncthing (which IMHO is THE thing for such things...). They got denied to storage in February 2014 https://github.com/syncthing/s... [github.com] and eventually in October they gave up developing the Android app at all. There's now syncthing-fork (it was actually since earlier) as a personal project (as opposed to the official one which I presume was under Syncthing Foundation's umbrella, even if mostly a one-man show) and funny enough that had no Play Store shenanigans as far as I know. Sure, go

Doubt its the last time.

[BrightCandle]

After I found out about the issue I moved over to the F Droid version of the app and its working as its meant to again. I don't see any reason to switch back, once the eye of the press is off this Google will probably break it again because it directly competes with their products.

Competing App Stores

[bill_mcgonigle]

Until 'stores' like F-Droid can do background securiity updates without rooting there's anticompetitive shenanigans afoot.

Apple already got the orders from EU - it's only a matter of time.

FTC/DoJ might do something stupid like force Google to spin off Android and then the same problem still exists but Android loses its revenue stream.

Tim Apple would probably like to see this. Google could be proactive and keep Android by being less controlling but I doubt they'll make such a smart play.