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Re:Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection by nottorp on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @09:17AM (#43972616)
> to let the user grant permissions to backup their WhatsApp folder

So a backup app should add support for every Android application that the user is likely to back up?

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Re:Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection by nolist_policy on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:43AM (#43973543)
No, not at all. The new API simply presents a directory picker to the user. The user can give your app access to any directory.
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Re:Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection by g-b-r on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @07:43AM (#43983310)
Any directory that Google lets you access, which is very far from every directory.

For example, without using Google'' backup you can't backup the data of other apps, such as games' progress.

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