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I'm sad to say that usb-drives are now officially shit. They are so unreliable and there is no brand that you can trust. Which truly sucks for the rare cases

• prmoustache 2y ago
  Nowadays a 2TB nvme USB drive that is barely bigger old usb pen drives. I wouldn't call that "officially shit". Also, SD and MicroSD cards are fairly reliable in my experience as long as you don't stretch too much their usable life. But that has always been the case of flash technology and it was even worse in the floppy and CDRW days.
  • tjoff 2y ago
    That is true and that is what I use when I know I'll need one. But they are overkill, expensive and thus as a consequence - not something you have on you when you need it. And for times you need to create a boot disk and similar use-cases there is a lot of value in being able to completely nuke and reformat a drive. Which you might not want to do if you have data on the 2TB drive you'd rather keep. Even if it is only for convenience - which you typically do after a while. And usb-drives you can have a handful of, give one away without care etc. They do have a place and it is a shame we can't trust them (for no good reason).