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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 16:22:26 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   Well I decided to buy a 1TB sd card i found on amazon for 20$... taking bets on if it is a scam device or not...

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 16:26:40 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • lucas

     @lucas hahaha probably...

     It had over 50 reviews and not a single one star. Could all be fake reviews though but worst case ill get an easy refund

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     lucas (lucas@fitt.au)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 16:26:42 JST lucas

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     @freemo You just gave $20 a stranger on the internet 🤣

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 16:42:18 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Kilroy_Was_Here

     @kilroy_was_here yea it doesnt add up... but i figure no risk, they tend to refund anyway. Plus its an off brand so may be legit.

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     Kilroy_Was_Here (kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 16:42:20 JST Kilroy_Was_Here

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     @freemo

     Probably is, I've been looking at 1 TB microsd cards for my phone and they go for at least 5 times that.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 17:56:33 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Kilroy_Was_Here

     @niclas

     Yea that is a typical approach. its quick to figure out if you know what your doing.

     @kilroy_was_here

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     Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 17:56:35 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     • Kilroy_Was_Here

     @freemo

     More likely it is a smaller size, and they figure it takes you too long to figure that out. This has been a practice in Asia since the 1980s, when 40MB harddisks had a compression controller and you could fit 500MB of text on it. Even got a demo in the shop, and people got ripped off badly.

     @kilroy_was_here

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 18:15:20 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Dr. G. Power

     @gpowerf Slow im ok with and expecting... hopefully it will last, but we will see I guess.

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     Dr. G. Power (gpowerf@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 18:15:21 JST Dr. G. Power

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     @freemo my prediction is that it won't last long and it will be super slow 😁

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     ampbenzscientist@qoto.org's status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 22:12:52 JST AmpBenzScientist

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     @freemo The memory controller is usually the garbage that fails so it's rational to think that some random micro SD card will work about as well as a trusted brand. These embedded memory controllers suck and are the main reason why SSDs and USB drives fail.

     You could be getting a bined 2tb card that only works with half the memory. The sketchier it seems, the more likely that is legit. Some weird coating and weird ID is probably removing the original manufacturer and allowing for such a product.

     Intel was notorious for taking rejected chips and marketing them as lower spec Intel processors. Essentially everything electronic is mediocre and lies but manufacturing is expensive.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 22:14:38 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist if it claimed it was a name brand or had any of the speed certifications printed on it then id be more skeptical.