Comment Comment by notpushkin > But another part comes from the fact that drive.file access is not enough for some apps, and iA Writer falls into that category.How so? (I agree that the readonly category doesn’t work for iA, but drive.file should be fine IMO.)> Amazon doesn't make developers jump through their ridiculous hoops to access the S3 API.With S3, you only get access to your app’s data, not everything user has. If that’s what you want drive.file or drive.appfolder permissions are what you need: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/guides/api-specific-... parent notpushkin 2 years ago
How so? (I agree that the readonly category doesn’t work for iA, but drive.file should be fine IMO.)
> Amazon doesn't make developers jump through their ridiculous hoops to access the S3 API.
With S3, you only get access to your app’s data, not everything user has. If that’s what you want drive.file or drive.appfolder permissions are what you need: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/guides/api-specific-...