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.
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Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoI 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.
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
You do know they have limited write cycles, right? Not getting at you or anything. Just checking. I’ve had a handful flip over to read-only mode over the years, would hate for that to happen to anyone else unexpectedly.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Doesn’t larger storage mean that it lasts longer since it can better balance wear on the cells?
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
You do know they have limited write cycles, right?
If you ever reach that limit, well done. You got a hell of value out of that device.
I have SSDs that are in use 24/7, writing up to 200GB per day and in constant use for 3 years. 99% drive health.
Prathas@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Whoa, what could you possibly be writing that much?!
Prathas@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
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).