Nextcloud provides an
open-source collaboration platform called Nextcloud Hub, which includes file-sharing and syncing
features. The company has written
a blog post explaining that Google has revoked a critical permission
from the Nextcloud Files app for Android that allows it to sync files
to Nextcloud Hub.
Google is stating security concerns as a reason for revoking the
permission. This is hard to believe for us. Nextcloud has had this
feature since its inception in 2016, and we have never heard about any
security concerns from Google about it. Moreover, several Big Tech
apps as well as Google's own still have this. What we think: Google
owning the platform means they can and are giving themselves
preferential treatment.
Despite multiple appeals since mid-2024, Google has refused to
reinstate the permission, blocking automated Nextcloud file uploads
for millions of users.
The Nextcloud
app available via F-Droid does not have this limitation, but the
post notes that that is not an option for many users.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1021016/
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