[kennethrc]

> The default configuration was "if you lose power there's a good chance the filesystem will be corrupt".

"Good chance"? We used to do kernel module development directly on Pi3/4s at this one client of mine, and I would OOPS the kernel from time-to-time (couple of times a day on average in the beginning stages) and never had a loss that ext4 couldn't recover from (and as the Pis lacked a "reset" button, resets were done via power-cycling).

We used standard PNY/Samsung Micro-SDs, too (i.e., not industrial-grade varieties), but we did pick the faster-IO variants when possible.

[suprjami]

Having used Raspberry Pi since their very first release, your experience is the exception.

Corrupt filesystems are definitely a lot rarer these days but they still do happen.

I've also had decent sdcards (genuine SanDisk from brick-and-mortar chain store) just completely die on power cycle or reflash.