• @Peffse@lemmy.world
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    865 months ago

    I love how the arstechnica article words it like you will never need FAT32 and it’s silly to consider it.

    I had to download fat32format I don’t know how many times because I needed to format an extra large SD Card or USB drive for some device. Microsoft really shafted exFAT’s adoption with their licensing.

    • @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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      235 months ago

      FAT32 is also really simple to implement. Supporting exFAT may require a larger microcontroller with more memory, which results in a more expensive product.

    • @jonne@infosec.pub
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      145 months ago

      I personally haven’t had to touch it in over a decade, but I guess there’s probably some uses for it still, yeah.

      • @Peffse@lemmy.world
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        435 months ago

        Personal computers and flagship phones? Yeah you can probably use exFAT.

        Video game consoles and handhelds? Dashcams? Car entertainment centers? Cheap android devices? 100% going to be FAT32 partitioned with a Master Boot Record

    • Moin
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      145 months ago

      Yep, many smart TVs still only accept FAT32 format. I have to split my HDR videos into multiple files to be able to watch them on TV — because of 4GiB size limit.