Hi Android Community, I previously used “DFCleaner” which was a free, ad-supported app that searched specified folders for duplicate files and let you preview and delete anything that it found. This app now bothers me with a consent form for ad tracking so I’ve ditched it in protest. Are there any open source alternatives to this app? I’ve tried looking in F-Droid but couldn’t find anything relevant.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Counter-question: why is this even a thing? Why do people care about “duplicate files” so much? Like, what exactly are y’all doing that’s creating all these duplicates?

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It happens when you save interesting memes from time to time and forget that you already saved some of them a few weeks ago. Google Files helped me spot many of those duplicates.

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        1 year ago

        … but why would you save them? What do you do with them afterwards? Do you also backup and archive them, or do you normally delete them after some time?