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Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - NextcloudNextcloudDiscover why Nextcloud file uploads for Android app are not working properly, and how Google’s app store rules are hurting Nextcloud users.
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.

To make it crystal clear: All of you as users have a worse Nextcloud Files client because Google wanted that. We understand and share your frustration, but there is nothing we can do.
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Google tool misused to scrub tech CEO’s shady past from searchArs TechnicaGoogle has fixed the bug, which it says affected only “a tiny fraction of websites.”…
Google's tool doesn't just take anyone's word for it when they suggest the removal of search results. However, a bug in the tool made it an ideal way to suppress information in search results. When inputting a URL, the tool allowed users to change the capitalization in the URL slug. The Foundation's article was titled "Anatomy of a censorship campaign: A tech exec’s crusade to stifle journalism," but the requests logged in Google's tool included variations like "AnAtomy" and "censorSHip."

Because the Refresh Outdated Content was seemingly case-insensitive, the crawler would check the URL, encounter a 404 error, and then de-index the working URL. Investigators determined this method was used by Blackman or someone with a suspicious interest in his online profile dozens of times between May and June 2025. Amusingly, since leaving Premise, Blackman has landed in the CEO role at online reputation management firm The Transparency Company.
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« Tout homme porte sur l'épaule gauche un singe et, sur l'épaule droite, un perroquet. » — Jean Cocteau
« Moi je cherche plus de logique non plus. C'est surement pour cela que j'apprécie les Ataris, ils sont aussi logiques que moi ! » — GT Turbo