This is all guessing by me, but I think that, traditionally, there's been a certain quantity of users that synced folders out of the /Android/data or similar locations and/or needed some extra flexibility. When Android 11 arrived, it was difficult to break that workflow for all those users (and I guess there was also some re-architecture needed for the app, but I don't know how much would it be).
I went through the same with Syncthing, and now I install it from out of Google Play, where it doesn't need Google approval to do the All Files Permission API call.
I understand why the API changes and the hardening of the Android system, but it's also true you're locked out from certain folders even when on developer mode and it feels weird.
I went through the same with Syncthing, and now I install it from out of Google Play, where it doesn't need Google approval to do the All Files Permission API call.
I understand why the API changes and the hardening of the Android system, but it's also true you're locked out from certain folders even when on developer mode and it feels weird.