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dataflow 37 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Fairphone is now officially available in the Unite...

Can someone explain why in 2026 we have artificial limits like this?

> expandable upto 2TB with microSD

I get that 2TB ought to be enough for everybody, but why the heck shouldn't a 4TB microSD Just Work?

Velocifyer 37 days ago | [–]

The SDXC spec does not allow for cards bigger than 2TiB, because of address sizes. You need SDUC for above 4TB.

Telaneo 37 days ago | | [–]

They just haven't tested anything larger.

Pfhortune 37 days ago | [–]

Every time I've seen a card capacity limit like this, someone tries a bigger card and it just... works.

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