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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How long are SD and microSD cards expected to last? Asking because I have a dozen of them lying around

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't have an exact time span but personally I wouldn't trust them as anything more than temporary device storage, they randomly die often

Cheap, low quality flash, poorer QC, etc