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Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by GekkePrutser on Monday February 07, 2022 @09:36PM (#30254319)
Well... Apple did. The rest just followed them.

And Android still has a visible file system.

Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by spacexsucks on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:07AM (#30255095)
The apple fan boys cant stand the truth. Ios and app file systems are completely to blame
Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by herval on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:37AM (#30260550)
Palm Pilots didn't have folders :-)
Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by unstatusthequo on Monday February 07, 2022 @09:51PM (#30254417)
Oh come on. How can you seriously say that? I think what you mean is “smartphones hide the underlying file system, regardless of platform.”
Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by GekkePrutser on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:06PM (#30254491)
Android has always had a file manager and doesn't hide the filesystem from tools like adb. You still can't access the OS files and app private storage but when you download a file you can actually choose where to save it :)

IOS hides it a lot more. There wasn't even a file manager until they introduced one with iPadOS.

Re:Gen Z Kids Don't Understand How File Systems Work by yucky on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @08:57AM (#30258399)
Nah it is an Apple ethos. I remember the first time looking at a browser on a friends computer and asking what the URL was and he just said {domain}.com. And I'm wondering what the full URL is and apparently that is hidden from users? Blew my mind. So yeah.