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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought (arstechnica.com)
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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 106 points 9 months ago (13 children)

What, you expect the flash drives they hand out for free at trade shows to be decent quality?

They are intended to be used to distribute advertising materials, not be rewritten multiple times.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

E-waste, I say no to these same as I say no to straws, or plastic forks for takeout.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A business card with a link to the content would be a lot less wasteful.

[–] the_ocs@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

Yep, and everyone understands a QR code these days

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