Google Restores File Permissions For Nexcloud
'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.' -- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/208221 Cheers, Peter
On Fri, 16 May 2025 09:11:16 +1200, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'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.'
Basically, Google couldn’t be bothered taking any meaningful action until the issue escalated to the point of causing bad publicity for the company. Not the first time one of these big companies has acted like this. And it won’t be the last.
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