Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?

From	Andrews <andrews@spam.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?
Date	2024-11-01 14:13 +0000
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Understanding how operating systems are organized is important.

Recently I swapped out my portable memory 64GB sdcard which was used in my
Galaxy since 2021 when T-Mobile provided me a handful of free 5G phones:

 *Using Windows to make Android smoother*
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=55204&group=comp.mobile.android#55204>

When I swapped in the 128GB sdcard and tested for a week, everything was as
smooth as you could ever hope for. Nothing glitched. I'm amazed. 

Given that happy experience, what the heck is the Android operating system
doing with all those other directories it created on my external sdcard?
 <https://i.postimg.cc/dt3BBT9K/externalsdcard.jpg>

Ignoring "Pictures" & "DCIM" (which I periodically copy over to Windows),
what does Android do with all those (garbage?) directories on the sd card?

Are they (mostly) all just garbage?

Can it be that Android is using the sdcard mostly to put its garbage there?

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Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 14:13 +0000
  Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-01 15:34 +0100
    Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 17:04 +0000
      Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-01 18:56 +0100
        Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 14:48 +0000
          Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-04 16:26 +0100

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