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Originally Posted by =X=
This is actually a real world issue for me and has happened a numerous amount of times on my Android devices. The apps I've installed on my device run out of internal memory while my SD Card is mostly empty. It seems now all the apps and local files will share the same volume.
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Which is why usb drive mode got dropped in favor of MTP (you can't pass on full access to another machine of a volume you're running your system stuff on like you could a separate volume for media). Google trades one set of inconveniences for another. There is more than one solution to any problem, and they've opted to embrace simplicity over versatility. As to Google's opinion that it's "way better", well, it isn't. It's better for the people it's better for and worse for everyone else. Thankfully, Google isn't dictating that design choice to all manufacturers. Hopefully, Asus doesn't get cooties from this partnership, because to my eye, they're at the cutting edge for folks like me, who would rather have options than not.