Not disputing your facts, but I've used journalled file systems in flash drives since forever and never had a performance issue that was not directly tied to th

Not disputing your facts, but I've used journalled file systems in flash drives since forever and never had a performance issue that was not directly tied to the hardware, and most have lasted many years. I prefer having to replace a cheap flash drive more frequently than to lose data altogether. Of course, everybody's use case is different and tradeoffs need to be considered.