Android still doesn't support many compression types
Android still doesn't support many compression types
When w11 announced that they were adding native support for rar, 7z, etc, it occurred to me that android also doesn't support these and I found it really weird
Google wants you to handle all your storage needs through Drive and Google Photos, where they are in control, can scrape more data, train models on your photos, and push you onto paid storage plans.
I can't really see the benefit to Google in having an excellent local file manager with wide archive-file support. It doesn't profit them in any way that I can think of.
Thankfully the workaround isn't too bad, just installing an alternative file manager.
People don't tend to need to browse local archive formats on their phones I guess, and if they do, they'll have a file manager app with support.
There's support for some formats if your files are in cloud storage like Google drive, which is a more likely use case for phone users
Google isn't exactly excited about the concept of local files. They would prefer you to keep everything in their online services.
If you need support for these, then installing a separate file manager app is your best bet.
I'm using this one: https://f-droid.org/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/
(No idea, though, if it supports unpacking RAR archives.)I keep pondering why Android has blobs for CIFS/SMB but not NFS, too.
Still haven't found a legit reason why.
Because Windows is omnipresent and every NAS comes with SMB support out of the box.
NFS is shit anyway. It has no proper security unless you want to set up something like Kerberos (a major PITA)
Yeah no doubt, and that's why I like Tailscale.
I just map all
usersTailnet visitors toguest, and give me r/w and all others r/o.Bugs me though that they could include it, with big red flashy warnings like you get enabling USB debugging.