[akasakahakada]

Still cloud is better after all. 32GB is enough for all digital device and shooting 8k videos for 1000 centuries. No one should make backups. Storage expansion especially SD card must not be allowed on phone, tablet and laptop. Local storage is not secure and adding sd card to phone will introduce water leak. Meanwhile SIM card slot do not introduce water leak because obviously there is magic. Also SD slot is waste of internal space. You might ask why tablet is big as hell but still no SD card slot. Because those extra space is for storing mana to dispel water while adding the cloud subscription debuff to the users. Magic protect our phones from water, bullet, brick, bad OTA update, damage of USB port, lack of OTG functionality, USB2.0 transfer rate, terrible MTP interface, eavesdroping from wireless, etc.

* Just a rant and parody

[benterix]

I don't know why you are being downvoted, maybe people don't like the form, but the fact that device manufacturers are removing useful features such as the ability to expand the storage of your device is infuriating.

[tuhriel]

But, but if you can just add a microSD with 128gb for 20-40 bucks, how can the poor vendor upsell you an upgrade for 200 extra?

[candiodari]

Because this makes life difficult for developers, for no good reason. Developers simply shouldn't have the access necessary to make these attacks succeed.

[_joel]

HN doesn't do sarcasm.

[fuzztester]

They do, quite a bit.

Just check the number of comments with /s at the end.

People sometimes even say "you forgot to put a /s" or the like, in reply to an obviously sarcastic comment.

[_joel]

That's a Reddit thing, not HN. Normally I see stuff downvoted if it has /s.

[fuzztester]

Somewhat different from I've seen, then.

And a poor choice if true, IMO.

[cudder]

> Meanwhile SIM card slot do not introduce water leak because obviously there is magic.

Don't worry, they're doing their best to get rid of those too.