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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-22 days agoAnd loud. And fragile. Thumbdrives have a firmware, you could easily make them read-only. And also add your inconvenient DRM snake oil, if you will. But no, cloud promises more $$$ through lock-in.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoThumb drives also have very poor retention. If they aren’t used at least every few years the storage becomes corrupted.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoGameBoy?/Nintendo cardridges also had a small battery.
And loud. And fragile.
Thumbdrives have a firmware, you could easily make them read-only. And also add your inconvenient DRM snake oil, if you will.
But no, cloud promises more $$$ through lock-in.
Thumb drives also have very poor retention. If they aren’t used at least every few years the storage becomes corrupted.
GameBoy?/Nintendo cardridges also had a small battery.