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This has been going on my entire career, starting in at least 1996 or so. Maybe SanDisk was an exception? People have been complaining about this for a very lon
by codazoda 4y ago
This has been going on my entire career, starting in at least 1996 or so. Maybe SanDisk was an exception? People have been complaining about this for a very long time so I don’t think it’s quite right to call it Shrinkflation.
But, maybe I’ve been conditioned into complacency. I do agree, manufacturers should have to post usable space. I don’t see this changing though.
Edit: Removed note about 1,000,000,000 bytes. The article isn’t specifically about that, but I’m not convinced that’s ever been the only factor.
- gladiatr72 4y agoYes. The tech business keeps redefining technical terms for marketing purposes, and we end up with GIBibs. Conjures images of those rusty cages they used to put people in to die..
- drakenot 4y agoThis article was about SanDisk thumb drive having less than 1,000,000,000 usable bytes.
- VectorLock 4y agoWhat the article describes is not that. They're saying its an extra shrinkage ON TOP of the usual 1,000,000,000 bytes = 1Gb thing drive makers have already done for a long time.
- scajanus 4y agoThe article was not about that. The old memory stick was around 16,000,000,000 bytes; the new one 15,400,000,000. So even with the 1,000,000,000 bytes to a gigabyte it doesn't round up to 16 GB.
- gladiatr72 4y agoSnap. Yeah, but it's a smoke and mirrors strategy that the storage industry has been using for decades. We gave you what you paid for because we redefined what it is that you payed for.