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

  • @Blue_Morpho
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    4 days ago

    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.

    • unalivejoy
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      244 days ago

      Or Nintendo having Wii Sports be the most bought game.

  • TheTechnician27
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    204 days ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      121 hours ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      64 days ago

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

    • Lucy :3
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      34 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    174 days ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      64 days ago

      Exactly.

      Those circus numbers shouldn’t even count.

      It’s fucking “uninstallable” bloatware like all things Google.