Frage zur Nextcloud APP am Smartphone (Lineage/Android/F-Driod)
Wie kann man Dateien aus dem Nextcloud-Pfad des Smartphones in die Dateistruktur des Smartphones verschieben? Und das so komfortabel, dass auch Menschen mit wenig Lust auf technische Dinge damit zurechtkommen?
Dass ich Dateien mittels einer Dateimanager-APP von SD-Karte > Android > Media > com.nextcloud.client > nextcloud > [email protected] > MeinPfad manuell nach SD-Karte > MyData verschieben kann, ist jedem halbwegs technisch Interessiertem vermutlich klar. Aber auf Dauer sicherlich schon nervig genug. Und für einen normalen, vielleicht schon älteren Handynutzer, ist das in den meisten Fällen wohl viel zu viel.
Innerhalb der Netxcloud-App habe ich zwar Optionen zum Verschieben gefunden, aber die beziehen sich, wie es aussieht, nur auf den Nextcloud-Space. Nach außerhalb ins Dateisystem des Smartphones kann ich keine Dateien kopieren.
The future of selfhosted services is going to be... Android?
Wait, what?
Think about it. At some point everyone has had an old phone lying around. They are designed to be constantly connected, constantly on... and even have a battery and potentially still a SIM card to survive power outages.
We just need to make it easy to create APK packaged servers that can avoid battery-optimization kills and automatically configure an outbound tunnel like ngrok, zerotrust, etc...
The goal: hosting services like #nextcloud, #syncthing, #mastodon!? should be as easy as installing an APK and leaving an old phone connected to a spare charger / outlet.
It would be tempting to have an optimized ROM, but if self-hosting is meant to become more commonplace, installing an APK should be all that's needed. #Android can do SSH, VPN and other tunnels without the need for root, so there should be no problem in using tunnels to publicly expose a phone/server in a secure manner.
In regards to the suitability of home-grade broadband, I believe that it should not be a huge problem at least in Europe where home connections are most often unmetered: "At the end of June 2021, 70.2% of EU homes were passed by either FTTP or cable DOCSIS
3.1 networks, i.e. those technologies currently capable of supporting gigabit speeds."
PS. syncthing actually already has an APK and is easy to use. Although I had to sort out some battery optimization stuff, it's a good example of what should become much more commonplace.