And how you know this is a bullshit play to mess with SD cards specifically is right here:
>With WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, they also have:
> - Read and write for any public folder on the primary (built-in) storage
> - Read (not write) for any public folder on the secondary (SD card) storage
If this were really about security, why does the built-in storage let you write everywhere but the sd card not? It's not about security. It's about forcing you into the cloud. And there are a ton of reasons not to (privacy, financial aka bandwidth, lack of access on subways and similar, etc).
With every release, Android is less and less of an operating system that I recommend to friends and family. Openness and expandability were some of the key selling points and they're both going bye bye.
>With WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, they also have:
> - Read and write for any public folder on the primary (built-in) storage
> - Read (not write) for any public folder on the secondary (SD card) storage
If this were really about security, why does the built-in storage let you write everywhere but the sd card not? It's not about security. It's about forcing you into the cloud. And there are a ton of reasons not to (privacy, financial aka bandwidth, lack of access on subways and similar, etc).
With every release, Android is less and less of an operating system that I recommend to friends and family. Openness and expandability were some of the key selling points and they're both going bye bye.