Discussion: we will REQUIRE full disk access or implement a 2nd manual upload workflow

[alexdanilowicz]

PROS:

• if we require full disk access, then we only have to worry about 1 technical implementation, i.e., what we currently have. (copying dbs to the Left on Read application folder.)
• no need for user to mess around in Library applications
• no need for user to read instructions
• super fast (less than 1 second on my machine). It copies, creates the tables, and queries. It would be fast if user dragged to Desktop as well... but would be "slower" in the sense that the user would have to step through a lot of prerequisites to get it working

CONS:

• the user may not trust us, and may exit the app, because there is no manual alternative

@Teddarific thoughts? @ayc19 and I have been discussing this and Alex wants your thoughts

[alexdanilowicz]

Actually, Alex and I just talked about this and we think we should NOT force the user to require it. Technically, would be very easy: just tell user to manually drag the Address Book folder and Chat.db to the Desktop, and we pass in different paths to existing functions. (Ofc edge cases would be a pain, i.e., if user moved wrong files), but the backend logic is resuable for either workflow.

[alexdanilowicz]

Closing this out per the above: we should NOT force the user to require it.