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[Florian Will <florian.will@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's a good reason why Google switched from mass storage to mtp. This is
even more true for ubuntu touch.

For mass storage, you need a FAT partition (most devices don't support ext4
etc.). So ubuntu touch would have to switch to FAT for the home partition
(or keep ext4 and make it impossible to mount anywhere but Linux desktops).
And since you can't mount the same FAT partition on two devices at the same
time, it's impossible to access files in your home dir when it's mounted on
a PC.

IMHO, mtp is a much better way to access files on devices. Unless there are
hacks to solve the partition type issue.