> You can grant permission to multiple folders you know. I had to deal with another application (the only one that I found that for using my webdav solution does not automatically want to collect data and send it somewhere else) which instead of make backup of SD card was backup one folder - set server, password etc. for ONE folder PER backup action.

- If you want to lose time for 2 hours, please do yourself this questionable favour but I do not want to do that because some "wise" people cannot comprehend that some people want copy of entire thing, not one folder, entire thing.

> Downloads is blocked because it would include everything you download, possibly including private stuff you don't want other apps to access. The point: This is cloud application that connects to server that sits on my desk on NUC.

Do you understand that in the (Google)-(Open Source)-(Own Server) the Google part is one that most reasonable people consider not private.

> Just save the stuff that you want synced to a different folder.

Do you move entire folders or every file each time you download something because app cannot backup it - or do you change app. What if that's the only app that does it privately?

> Those are kinda separate use cases though.

Maybe it is not system developer job to decide for me that I want to give application the permission to do what I want application to do. It is not system nor developer job to stop owner (administrator) from what owner decides to do.

> Maybe Nextcloud could make a separate "Nextcloud Device Backup" app which does that?

Maybe competitors should not have permission on deciding what their competitors should do.

Google essentially makes everything private so cumbersome to use that it own solution seems easy.