Nextcloud claims Google is being anticompetitive

Nextcloud provides anopen-source collaboration platform called Nextcloud Hub, which includes file-sharing and syncingfeatures. The company has writtena blog post explaining that Google has revoked a critical permissionfrom the Nextcloud Files app for Android that allows it to sync filesto Nextcloud Hub.

Google is stating security concerns as a reason for revoking thepermission. This is hard to believe for us. Nextcloud has had thisfeature since its inception in 2016, and we have never heard about anysecurity concerns from Google about it. Moreover, several Big Techapps as well as Google's own still have this. What we think: Googleowning the platform means they can and are giving themselvespreferential treatment.

Despite multiple appeals since mid-2024, Google has refused toreinstate the permission, blocking automated Nextcloud file uploadsfor millions of users.

The Nextcloudapp available via F-Droid does not have this limitation, but thepost notes that that is not an option for many users.