floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortagepetapixel.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down11
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down18·3 months agoAs in, they’re gonna stop making redundant bullshit proprietary memory cards in formats no one else uses? Great. Glad to hear it. Good riddance. Don’t let the casket lid hit you on your way out.
minus-squareKatzelle3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoHow are SD Cards proprietary?
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThis affects SD cards, which are extremely common and supported by open source operating systems. This affects Compact Flash cards, which use the same protocol as PATA hard drives, just a different connector.
As in, they’re gonna stop making redundant bullshit proprietary memory cards in formats no one else uses?
Great. Glad to hear it. Good riddance. Don’t let the casket lid hit you on your way out.
How are SD Cards proprietary?
This affects SD cards, which are extremely common and supported by open source operating systems. This affects Compact Flash cards, which use the same protocol as PATA hard drives, just a different connector.