[deogeo]

Having to use a non-FOSS app for something as basic as a file explorer is a symptom of a very sick ecosystem.

[notatoad]

There are multiple file browsers on f-droid if you want to use them. People choosing to use a non-foss app doesn't mean the ecosystem is sick.

[deogeo]

I consider f-droid a different ecosystem from Google's app store.

[nneonneo]

I wouldn’t say so - even if the built in file explorer works well, if someone built a really slick one with features I wanted, I would probably just use that. It’s like why many people might choose, for example, iTerm2 over Terminal.app, even though the latter is provided with the OS and works well enough for most purposes.

[deogeo]

Well, at the very least, it shows the risks of using non-FOSS apps, and why FOSS versions might be preferable even if they're not as polished.

[saagarjha]

iTerm2 is GPLv2, though: this situation the opposite of the one presented above.