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This is the thing,

I've read alot of questions and answers complaining about how hard it is to transfer files to/from the Jolla using the native MTP solution. Specially guys with Apple devices, but also some others.

Altough unlike many of you I can't fault Jolla, for the lack of libmtp in OSX and some Linux Distros (no clue about Microsoft), and both in Linux, and in OSX the solution is easily found, I do agree that it is troublesome for several reasons:

• It is a protocol born of evil (Microsoft), which means, weakly thought out, and poorly documented;
• It's support on several platforms is still not there yet;
• but specially, since it makes it impossible to communicate with older systems, like, some more conservative Linux distros, MP3-player connectors, in cars, stereos, and such.

For this reason, I propose a solution:

implement an alternative connectivity method, in which you export /home/nemo through en emulated mass storage device, so that you don't any of that plug/unplug issues non-sense, but the device your connected to still sees Jolla as a good old mass storage device, which, lets face it, is pretty much universally supported!

This is the thing,

I've read alot of questions and answers complaining about how hard it is to transfer files to/from the Jolla using the native MTP solution. Specially guys with Apple devices, but also some others.

Altough unlike many of you I can't fault Jolla, for the lack of libmtp in OSX and some Linux Distros (no clue about Microsoft), and both in Linux, and in OSX the solution is easily found, I do agree that it is troublesome for several reasons:

• It is a protocol born of evil (Microsoft), which means, weakly thought out, and poorly documented;
• It's support on several platforms is still not there yet;
• but specially, since it makes it impossible to communicate with older systems, like, some more conservative Linux distros, MP3-player connectors, in cars, stereos, and such.

For this reason, I propose a solution:

implement an alternative connectivity method, in which you export /home/nemo through en emulated mass storage device, so that you don't any of that plug/unplug issues non-sense, but the device your connected to still sees Jolla as a good old mass storage device, which, lets face it, is pretty much universally supported!