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Because casual users are exploring Github looking for new UI patterns for file manager apps?

The audience is clearly not casual users.

And why does the README have to be a pitch?

Well, people who develop apps for casual users are exploring GitHub.

What is the first paragraph of a README if not a pitch? It's explaining to someone who just stumbled on the repo (maybe through a search) why they should take a closer look at the repo.

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