Does anyone have access to the full specs of some SD cards? To get access to the full specifications it seems like you're forced to join the SD Association: 2500$ p/year
The SD Association is a non-profit organization, but that doesn't mean that they don't have expenses to pay and mouths to feed.
It's $6.84 per day for a membership.
If that's an outrageous amount to you, then: Please remember that you are absolutely free to direct your rage into creating your own competing portable flash storage systems, and to license them in any way that you wish.
You may even include a free pony, if you choose. It's your world.