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The reason FAT and exFAT is being used with devices, is Windows. If you used any other fs, like f2fs, the ordinary user would insert the card into their comput
by vetinari 10y ago
The reason FAT and exFAT is being used with devices, is Windows.
If you used any other fs, like f2fs, the ordinary user would insert the card into their computer - and nothing would happen. No, Microsoft is not going to ship alternate filesystems with Windows, when they can use theirs as racket.
- justin66 10y agoYou might be right, but it's worth noting that nobody with any pull - the digital camera industry, the smartphone industry, the storage manufacturers - ever even tried to make it happen.
- shmerl 10y agoI'm kind of surprised, Samsung didn't push f2fs more. They initially announced it as a flash oriented and free filesystem, and promised a Windows driver as well. I don't think it ever materialized. And Samsung have enough weight to push it through.
- justin66 10y agoYeah. They're one of the ones who could do it, especially since they'd probably be able to ally with Google wrt Android. It's a real lost opportunity.
- shmerl 10y agoJust speculating. It could be a leverage thing. They created it, and MS gave them free usage of exFAT or anything of the sort (in return for not pushing it further). Could be just usual mismanagement too.