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> From a user's perspective, I consider Intents the strongest feature of Android as it let the system make no assumptions about my preferred apps.

Half of the time the apps listed make no sense for an intent. There needs to be a mechanism for more fine-grained categories. For example, it should be possible to create a 'social media' intent for sharing on social media. It makes no sense to include Dropbox or Google Drive in that list.

And while it may be a nice feature for power-users, it's a horrible feature for the average user. Why would the user want to be presented options that don't even work ?



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