@tosensei Would also explain memory-card-less phones. Stops working = better have some backup. MicroSD was an additional layer of protection against data loss. That is now gone.

@iiii It was the fastest browser and supports the clipboard manager (which other browsers do not), as well as having a convenient quick dial feature. A grid with quick shortcuts appears at the URL bar.

Not sure how it is in 2022, but in the mid-2010s, it was noticeably faster than Chrome and Firefox mobile.

Chrome mobile also only added icons in 2020.

@jonas-w And also for extra secyooritee.

Yes, please! And also a power user smartphone with big replaceable battery and full-sized SD card slot.

@https What in particular do you consider "bloatware"?

@Oktokolo Indeed. And for some reason, web designers are obsessed with it.

It is trendy and shiny, like an Apple product!

@AvatarOfKaine If you carry a laptop, you need to remove USB sticks or risk bumping against something and breaking it and damaging the port.

@TestInProd423 Honestly, if those features could be fully retrofitted without much effort or negative side effect, it would not bother me much.

Unfortunately, that frequently is not the case.

I have noticed a pattern. Many things start out nice but then go corrupt. Perhaps people should ride the "nice wave" and then jump off when the corruption commences.

Obligatory: https://youtube.com/watch/... – one of the most important videos. And its meaning is not just limited to Windows 11.

"And there is nothing we can do to stop it." - Something we could theoretically do is build our alternatives, but that would require lots of funding and enough people to participate.

Most people won't care until it hurts.

"cloud, where they can charge $ for every damn click"

Not only that, but they can lock you out whenever they feel like it.

https://karl-voit.at/cloud

You truly stole my words, sir.

@melezorus34 + it never runs out of battery charge! Not yet another device one has to take care of charging (and will become a brick once the non-replaceable battery expires).

@melezorus34 Indeed. One can build higher-performance cards in the SD than the microSD form factor, though I never had trouble recording 2160p (4K) to microSD.

@electrineer "Low" is relative. High-grade SD cards like Panasonic Gold are claimed to be able to reach 200 MB/s. Even if their actual data rate is lower than claimed, it still is abundant.

As a reference, smartphones typically record 2160p (4K) video at 6 MB/s (48 Mbit/s).

@jpichardo Or: never drink without backup.

Also, which phone model was it?

Did it have a MicroSD card?

Some files stored on the microSD might be recoverable through forensic software.

This is why smartphones should support MicroSD.

@wackOverflow Even without useful extra features, fewer restrictions or optional restrictions would be nicer than enforced restrictions.

@wackOverflow Any feature one does not need can be ignored, but missing features can not be used when needed.

@aviophile How is being unable to properly manage files and processes more comfortable?

@atheist Can they retain data for half a year without being powered on? And how often can those multi-layer cells (MLC) be rewritten?

@iiii SanDisk, Transcend, Toshiba, Panasonic, to name a few.

@jonas-w Yeah, better unlock that bootloader shortly after purchase, or one is trapped with locked-in data that can not be backed up without massive effort.

@Midnight-shcode One can quickly go to the beginning if you want through file managers' breadcrumbs navigation at the top or by tapping a "parent directory" button or ".." folder if available in the file manager, but not vice versa.

If it is not rooted, you don't own it.

You are her API to her hard drive.

@dotenvironment That was OK until Google started crippling file access to third-party applications in 2014.