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Almost 8 years after launch, the Files by Google app has now hit the impressive 5 billion download milestone on the Play Store.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why is that a big deal? It's bundled with Android. At least it was with mine. That's like Microsoft bragging about the number of File Explorers installed.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

Or Nintendo having Wii Sports be the most bought game.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And yet Amaze on F-Droid is probably a better product.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Personally, I prefer Material Files, but yeah, there are much better options that Files by Google.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using cd, ls, mv and cp in Termux is probably better than Google Files.

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Just annoying that Termux only works in the owner profile of a phone...

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Amaze utilities is more comparable. It has many utilities which can replace Google Files.

[–] viking 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is that impressive? On older Android version it was force installed at some point, and since android 6 or 7 it comes bundled with the OS and can't be disabled.

[–] zingo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly.

Those circus numbers shouldn't even count.

It's fucking "uninstallable" bloatware like all things Google.