While the naming is vestigial, the concept is not. Hierarchies are still the best way to navigate and organize data and objects, and search is only one component of that.
It works on phones because phones have limited use cases. A computer needs to be general purpose.
I don't think so, we just still stuck in the past. It is definitely quite reasonable to get rid of the file system as a user concern, how many people bother organizing their files into folders anyways? They would be better served by tagging and other enhanced meta-data to make search more effective.
It works on phones because phones have limited use cases. A computer needs to be general purpose.