[abhibeckert]

> I confess I have never used it. I still rely on USB sticks

Phew boy. You really should try dropbox or a competing service.*

Picture this:

1. Double click a file 2. Type some words 3. Save the file

That's it. There is no step 4. Your file is now synced to all your other computers and to any colleagues who also need that file.

Seriously you shouldn't be using USB sticks these days. Also - I'm guessing you haven't started the transition to USB-C yet? USB sticks are going to get really painful when you do.

(* I use a competing service - more than one actually, but I have used dropbox in the past and it worked well. I just didn't like the direction the company was taking it. This story is yet another example of that)

[JohnFen]

> Seriously you shouldn't be using USB sticks these days.

Why not? You say that like there's a problem beyond not caring if there's a more convenient option.

[yamtaddle]

> Also - I'm guessing you haven't started the transition to USB-C yet?

Shit, not more painful than nearly everything else. You're gonna need a USB-A/C hub anyway, unless you only use very new equipment and you've gone out of your way (and, not infrequently, spent more money) to make sure you get C instead of A versions of everything—lots of A devices still being sold.

If not for current-generation console video game controllers, I'd still have almost nothing in my house that natively uses C, aside from Macbooks and one newish iPad.

(However, I am, like you, a tad scandalized at the notion of favoring flash drives over network sync of some sort—I'm a luddite in a lot of ways, but god do I not miss losing flash drives, having them mysteriously fail in 6-24 months of light use [even the good brands! If anything, that part's worse now than it used to be], the "whoops, forgot to copy the file", not being able to have any of the stuff unless you physically have it with you, "let me just print this from my phone—oh, right, I don't have an adapter to plug a USB stick into it", et c. A bunch of extra stress and fiddling, to gain... ???)

[okasaki]

We all know how it works. Some of us don't want the automatic syncing.

[lostlogin]

> I'm guessing you haven't started the transition to USB-C yet? USB sticks are going to get really painful when you do

Those USB sticks that are A on one end, C on the other are excellent. They are also great fidget toys.

https://www.rubbermonkey.co.nz/SanDisk-128GB-Ultra-Dual-Driv...