We used to have this ability, but apparently nobody wanted SD cards so they dropped them from all the devices. Now we get to pay for monthly cloud subscriptions and larger Mobile data packages, all while Google continues to cut away at user access into the OS. Yay 🙄
but apparently nobody wanted SD cards so they dropped them from all the devices.
I think you have that the wrong way around. It is not that nobody wanted SD cards, but that phone manufacturers realised limiting storage capacity while making continually thinner devices (up to a point) would increasingly drive cyclical demand. “Is your phone getting full after a year or two? Well this one has MORE storage and look how slim and sexy it is by comparison!” It is not as though there was an organic consumer demand for phones without memory cards; the profit-motive drives these changes.
Meh, I’d still not hand my phone over to anyone for repair without a factory reset.
How about making a proper backup/restore process? Then this is a non-issue.
We used to have this ability, but apparently nobody wanted SD cards so they dropped them from all the devices. Now we get to pay for monthly cloud subscriptions and larger Mobile data packages, all while Google continues to cut away at user access into the OS. Yay 🙄
I think you have that the wrong way around. It is not that nobody wanted SD cards, but that phone manufacturers realised limiting storage capacity while making continually thinner devices (up to a point) would increasingly drive cyclical demand. “Is your phone getting full after a year or two? Well this one has MORE storage and look how slim and sexy it is by comparison!” It is not as though there was an organic consumer demand for phones without memory cards; the profit-motive drives these changes.