Save pages into the download folder instead of locked-in.

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The data lock-in problem

Kiwi Browser currently saves pages in a locked-in location. The saved pages are only accessible from inside Kiwi Browser and from nowhere else.

Why is this a problem?

This means those saved pages can not be backed up or transferred to a new device. The saved pages can only be viewed on that one app on that one phone for the lifespan of that one phone.

Another problem: If your phone runs out of space, you can't move those pages to an external hard drive or USB stick or wherever. You are forced to delete them.

Imagine the camera app saved pictures and videos in a locked-in directory.

You could not move them out of your phone, only view them inside the pre-installed camera app for the lifespan of that one phone and delete them when you run out of space.

Ludicrous, wouldn't it be?

Data lock-in would be considered unacceptable on camera apps, yet it is acceptable on web browsers?

This data lock-in is something that severely annoyed people about Samsung S Browser / Samsung Internet. Me and other people were unable to get our saved pages out. When we switch phones, we can not take the saved pages with us.

These are problems from the times of answering machines, where the only way to "back up" their contents was recording them from an external audio recorder. It is 2024 now. User data must be portable.