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Latest Update to ES File Explorer Android App Brings Adware To Your Lockscreen (xda-developers.com)
An anonymous reader writes: ES File Explorer (Google Play link) is one of the handiest file manager apps in the post-Android Gingerbread era, and it continues to ride up on its popularity (Editor's note: Google Play listing suggests the app has been downloaded between 100,000,000 and 500,000,000 times) and functionality. Recent changes to ES File Explorer, however, are signalling its decline. The newest update might just be the last straw that breaks the camels back, as ES File Explorer now bundles in adware. This adware comes in the form of DU Battery Booster, which adds in a lockscreen on your phone and brings ads directly to your lockscreen, irrespective of your choice. There was no intimation, no choice, no changelog to mention the same; all features which are characteristic of such deceptive "Booster" apps.Plenty of users have taken it to the Google Play listing of the aforementioned app to express their grievances. "This software is getting some major bloat with a lot of features that has very little to do with file browsing in general, so going to look elsewhere for a simple file explorer without all the 'extras'," a user wrote.
fx File Explorer has always been great for me. I use the free version - no ads. There is also a paid version with additional features. Easy, intuitive, works well as either user or root.
Oh shit - I think I just wrote a Slashvertisement ...
'The Economy' is a giant Ponzi scheme whose most pitiable suckers are the youngest among us and the yet-unborn.
I stopped it from auto-updating using the link below:
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/...
I'll stick with the version I have until Kingdom's Come - or until a better app comes along.
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
I use Amaze file manager, and have no complaints.
It's open source, GitHub is here: https://github.com/arpitkh96/AmazeFileManager.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
This /. story prompted me to search for alternatives, and found this which seems relevant.
http://www.guidingtech.com/536...
I've installed Solid to see how that looks. A decent ad-free file explorer is worth a couple of bucks to me.
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
Not to happy with my current filemanager, anyone who has any recomendations for alternatives?
ES File Explorer Pro
https://play.google.com/store/...
BULL. SHIT.
Ads within the app, WHILE I'M USING IT, are one thing. Going for the lame money grab of spamming my lockscreen with worthless, bandwidth robbing shit. Well, they can rot in the hottest, smelliest part of hell.