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					Originally Posted by  ottischwenk
					 
				 
				Why the hell was it changed? 
			
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 i told you why - re-read the 1st sentence ( and a few  dozen other posts that also discussed it at the time). also  various stickies
complain to the developers, if you like, or to Google. It was google's idea, to change how apps are allowed to share files, in order to  "improve security". 
In other threads, weren't you one of the fans of newer  android versions, for improved security?. well , welcome to the world of unexpected consequences
 there's nothing any other user here can do about it.  why not restore from  a backup of the previous , 2018, version ( you do keep backups ? )