Portals are a keystone of linux apps. They are crucial for a viable mobile app ecosystem too.
At the moment, while (usually) extremely basic, they already offer an improvement over "lol, let's just implement our own file picker".
We need to push for adoption and improvements. Both from portals specs and implementations.
#flatpak #portals #xdg #Linux #linuxMobile #LinuxPhones
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