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Because flash memory has a limited number of write cycles and an entire file system migration will gobble up a good chunk of it.
by KRAKRISMOTT 3y ago
Because flash memory has a limited number of write cycles and an entire file system migration will gobble up a good chunk of it.
- orf 3y agoYes, but why should users be compensated for that. And why would it use a large portion of that, rather than an additional 1 write per cell?
- KRAKRISMOTT 3y agoBecause if you see OP's comment, they were testing their migrator on real users' devices (in what I presume is a blue green manner, without explicitly informing them except in small print) before their "official launch". If their beta test didn't go well, they will have to rollback their change, consuming more writes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044310