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[–] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s probably a new plan to make USB sticks a subscription based system. You want access to your data? That’ll be 19.99 a month.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Nah, this is just garden variety chinesium product fraud. Unfortunately, you can make a bit of coin putting out drives that misreport the physical space available, especially if it takes a while for the purchasers to notice what they actually bought. It's even worse when you're looking into getting bulk orders for swag drives. Because those tend to be a race to the bottom for prices, and it's all but guaranteed to be a good while before the drives get a real test, so it's that much easier to get away with. And worst case, you get caught and have to make up a new white label company to sell the same trash to consumers.

[–] dopeshark@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Tim Apple, you mean