But why?
Probably easier to switch out for debugging or to flash a SSD from a PC.
Appart from what the article mentioned, cards corrupt way too much on raspberry pis and similar devices compared to usb or ssd storage for example. This gives an easy option to replace them on some embedded device that you might not have full control over.
how has microSD not died yet
No real alternatives in that form factor.
The form factor is kind of pointless though, I can think of maybe two devices I own where a full sized sd card wouldn’t fit and be more convenient
Smartphones can’t fit a regular sized SD slot, so microSD is the default (if a smartphone devices even supports memory cards).
I mean I think mine could, but even if it couldn’t I would have no problem with it being the thickness of like a Palm m505 which easily fits a full sized card on a pocket sized device
I am just saying how things are. I am not particularly obsessed about thickness and I have a phone which supports microSD (which is not that common these days).
