Giving up control bit by bit

Meanwhile Windows; Hi, you saved a file earlier? Let's search for it. Nope, can't find it, do you want to search Bing? No? [A few minutes later] Ooo, so sorry you're offline and can't download it. Too bad.

Ios; you want to open the file in an app? OK, click 7 buttons and we'll make a local copy stored in the app's specific folder you didn't know existed.

Chrome; what's a file?

Linux; which file browser would you like to use today?

I really do wish that more packages on Linux had installation paths clearly noted in a readme.

I've been using Linux daily for over a year now and I still have a hard time tracking down config files and install paths. Its just not one of those tasks I do regularly so I always forget best practices when trying to find stuff. The CLI always gives me the best results but getting the commands right can be tedious.

I've started saving useful commands in a note on my desktop.

I can find files just fine on my Android phone, BUT when saving files on my iPad this meme would be true.

I was editing a document on my iPad, saved it in a folder labeled 'documents', searched with the files app and the document folder wasn't on my iPad or iCloud.

Come to find out the app itself made a folder named documents within itself. So in order to get it on my iPad itself i had to share the file to dropbox then redownload it 🤨

Don't you know? Users being told the exact location of a file is not user-friendly!

Bit by bit? The move to mobile was like getting hit in the face with an inaccessibility bat. I hate mobile OSes with a passion. Unfortunately, they're overwhelmingly the way through which people interact with the Internet or do any kind of tech stuff anymore. I do a lot of audio work, and Android lacks even simple routing software. It just uses the last audio device plugged into it. Never mind you only want to use the mic on that and not the output. Forget using multiple devices. It's infuriating. You'll pry my desktop away from me through my cold, dead hands.

Opens the files app which shows all files that were recently downloaded from any app to the file system.

This is a real problem with young people coming into the office. They don't know how to navigate a file system. They've never had to do it.

I really lost my shit when Firefox downloaded some Belfort & Lupin subtitles and I could not for the fucking live of me find them.

Turns out it put them in the "Movies" folder instead of "Downloads" where it actually put the corresponding video files.

It used to be so much simpler. I remember having a Galaxy S3 and whenever I saved a file I knew exactly where it went. There was a file explorer built in, and downloads went to the downloads folder.

Firefox: oh you just saved 3 files to a folder, allow me to save the next one to a folder you haven't downloaded anything to in months.

Thank the allmaker for KDE recent files.

just be glad you don't have an iphone. at least on android there are easy ways to remedy this.

Android? you mean iphone maybe. i can directly access the file directory of Android both from an app or from my PC with a USB connection.

I find it funny that there's a bunch of people here who know how to use android's file system. Like, of course the Linux nerds figured out how to use it (and I love you all the more for it)

Unfortunately this also applies to Flatpak software in Linux. That's one area where distros really need to focus on improving usability.

Yeah, it can be hard to find files sometimes. File Navigator solves this problem perfectly.

dont forget on some phones OS, you can actually pick and choose the download location. After you downloaded though, the files arent there....

Had to question my sanity many times....

For real? Never used Android, but isn’t it built on Linux? It doesn’t use the same path /home/username/Downloads?

File manager > Recent files

How is you not even aware of what a file system is LMAO 🤣

I swear to God, how is it possible that people who can access the fediverse have such trouble finding a download folder.

It's like their brains fold instantly at the thought of searching through it.

"Hurr durr, where file"

In the downloads folder

My brother in Christ, please open the fucking file explorer

This is you, it's how you look like:

must be hard to find the download folder

Many have gone looking. Few have returned.

There's a "recent files" list in most file managers

That's an interesting point about OneDrive automatically backing up folders. It reminds me of the time I was messing around with a weird game concept, something like a chicken jockey clicker, and I accidentally saved all the game files to a cloud folder without realizing it. Took forever to sort out the mess.

For me Files shows recent files right on top as the first thing you see when you open the app. X-Plore has a Recent Files section too. Moreover most apps that save something usually show a toast with the file/folder path when done. I don't know what you're talking about.

i wrote a whole comment but deleted it this comment explains better https://programming.dev/comment/17202550

I'm pretty sure this is google chrome issue. When I use Samsung Internet, I can choose the download location