Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain.↗

Wow. Google decided to revoke an access-all-files permission it had granted the Nextcloud Android app back in *2011* from future Play store versions, meaning the cloud syncing app can no longer sync files with the cloud (except photos and media, because it can still get at those with a narrower permission). An installed copy of the app can still ask for those permissions and use them, but Google won't approve updates in the Play store if it does. Fortunately F-Droid doesn't have the same restrictions, and Nextcloud has the resources to maintain a slightly different build for the different channels.