A note from the66 about android ports (the person who ports the game):
from now on my android ports of Ren'Py games have a 2nd, persistent save location like windows. if you uninstall an app, the save files and persistent data remain intact. therefore the app needs the permission to access the public external storage, because it has to read and write outside its own external storage directories. you have to grant the permission or the app is shut down.
I've read that part.
What I don't get is why one can't just opt out of using the external storage?
It can't be that hard to just check for permissions on start-up and use internal storage in case those permissions are missing. External save location isn't a fundamental part of the game that it can't function without. It's just a QoL feature of dubious usefulness (why would I even want my saves to stick around if I'm deleting the game?)
Unfortunately, everything you said is way beyond my programming knowledge. As my whole programming learning background is one week of reading renpy documentation lol. That is why I commission android ports from the66. If you like, you could ask the66 personally or maybe discuss it with someone who knows this stuff on the66's discord server :)
