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I uninstalled ES File Explorer about a month or two ago because each update was so much worse than the last and it seemed to get very spammy. I don't remember exactly, but I think I got a popup ad screen the last time I used it.

OI File Manager seems just fine.

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Same.

ES and QuickPic tipped me over the edge into just uninstalling everything and using my phone as a phone. Two very good programs that gradually became malware, pushing cloud options onto me, pushing arbitrary notifications when I installed other apps, etcetera.

I now have a very basic CM install with a few OSS F-Droid applications. The phone is used predominantly as a phone and for anything else I go and use a computer with a much better ecosystem.

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