Originally Posted by
zten Its not about being able to provide your self with tools needed to maintain your OS, it about the OS having these tools built in because it is a basic and logical function within any OS.
Although you make a good point, it just doesn't make sense for an OS to have this function with held and left to the mercy of third party developers to bloat with advertisement and unpleasant UI.
Additionally, for those of you quoting sales and stating that file managers aren't important. Check your play store for the paid and free versions of various popular file managers, each has over 10,000,000 - 50, 000, 000 Installs. If you add all these up that gives you a good estimate of half a billion installs (not assuming the same person downloaded other apps), how do you dispute this? How does that make it not important????
People are not buying blackberry for other reasons, and no file manager could save it but by the same token Android's lack of a file manager could cause some even if it is 1 person to switch to a sturdier platform even if it isn't blackberry.