floofloof4d ago

Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage

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Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage - Lemmy.ca

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Show threadCaptain Aggravated

As in, they’re gonna stop making redundant bullshit proprietary memory cards in formats no one else uses?

Great. Glad to hear it. Good riddance. Don’t let the casket lid hit you on your way out.

Mar 28 at 4:07amWeb
Show threadreal_squids4d ago

As in, they’re gonna stop making redundant bullshit proprietary memory cards in formats no one else uses?

Nope, affects almost every card type they make. One(1) of their Type B cards remains in production along with one regular line.

Show threadKatzelle34d ago
How are SD Cards proprietary?
Show thread8oow3291d4d ago
Sony loves making their own custom formats.
Show threadMark with a Z4d ago
They at least used to have their own “memory sticks”, but I think those are long discontinued.
Show threadSylvartas4d ago
IIRC you had to have one for the PSP. Literally can’t think of anything else using them though
Show threadMark with a Z4d ago
Sony is and was pretty big in cameras and music players
Show threadLimonene4d ago
This affects SD cards, which are extremely common and supported by open source operating systems. This affects Compact Flash cards, which use the same protocol as PATA hard drives, just a different connector.