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Optical media underwent a similar reliability collapse where long term reliability went from near 100% to maybe 50% when prices dropped. I haven't used legacy
by VLM 11y ago
Optical media underwent a similar reliability collapse where long term reliability went from near 100% to maybe 50% when prices dropped.
I haven't used legacy flash media in a long time, I wonder if it followed the same pattern toward the end of its life when prices collapsed. Flash sticks used to be pretty reliable... back when 32 megs was a big flash drive.
- digi_owl 11y agoWell older flash media likely use larger components on the dies. And larger components means less leakage, iirc. That said, i wonder how much the quality drop of various media can be traced to outsorcing fever. Meaning that just about every brand just a sticker on the same product made in some Asian sweat shop factory.