You don’t NEED them you just have them and have no reason to throw them away. I use them for two things:
- isos, which you can do with just an 8gb one
- small file copy which you can do with a 1 GB one
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remon@ani.social 1 day ago
Well yeah, because why would you need boxed of them?
I have 512GB on my key chain.
You don’t NEED them you just have them and have no reason to throw them away. I use them for two things:
Nah. For those kinds of things I prefer sending over some platform. There is no need for a drive.I only use them when both computers ante near by and it’s easier
I guess the storage space of the box isn’t an issue there is no acute reason to throw them way … but feels like hoarding. I see no good reason to keep them.
They are not reliable long-term storage. Any file that I want to retain long term goes on a redundant disk array with data scrubbing and a proper backup.
But even if I were to store something temporarily on an USB stick, I’d just use my single 512GB stick (which costs $40 these days) instead of having to potentially plug in dozens or hundreds of low capacity sticks.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, I throw them away as they break, and I’m not planning to replace them. I just find them incredibly handy as a means of quick and easy data transfer without pissing around with network shares.
pissing around with network shares.
What? Why is that a concern when we have tools like Transfer, Mozilla Send instances, etc.? I literally even just use Bluetooth at times.
I once had a USB flash drive break because the exterior detached from the rest of the body in the housing by, like, 1mm while pulling it out; all the files on it were instantly, permanently lost. I will never again use physical file-transfering that involves frequent insertion and removal if I can avoid it (a drive that is always connected is totally fine, though).
I just find them incredibly handy as a means of quick and easy data transfer without pissing around with network shares.
Yep, that is why I have one on my key chain. But there is really no need to have more than that.
INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 day ago
I remember using 512MB MP3 player for storing files next to the music before pendrives got reasonable prices
gilokee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
holy shit I think I had that same one! It held like 5 albums. I loved it so much!