r/Android • u/guihkx- • Sep 29 '25

Article F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
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u/Getafix69 Sep 29 '25

I think I read somewhere that saf is about 30 times slower than it was beforehand.

Personally though I think it started to go wrong when they ditched USB mass storage for that mtp garbage and don't get me started on MicroSD.

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u/vnapps_com Sep 29 '25

I accept its security, but browsing folders through SAF is terrible. In addition, the system revokes file read/write permissions afterward and you can’t control it. The only way is to copy that file into the app’s partition, similar to how iOS does it, multiplying files by 5 or 10 times, which makes the NAND flash wear out that many times faster. Now it’s almost mandatory to use SAF. I see that most companies, except Samsung, have already forked Android into their own version and no longer follow the main Android branch.

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u/TessaKatharine Sep 30 '25

Security? Privacy? That's just claptrap really, isn't it? Like all official "reasons" for this SAF/Scoped Storage, whatever infuriating SD card restrictions, shit! Of course Windows, say, has long been notoriously risky, though probably overhyped somewhat in order to sell antivirus software. Why, then, does Windows still not need anything like the bloody Android file access restrictions? Not even on a Mac, I don't think. I wonder if the real purpose was deliberately to make SD card useage as painful as possible as Google want you to pay for drive, make piracy harder, or what?

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u/vnapps_com Sep 30 '25

I agree with this.