Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?

On 2025-06-23 00:35, Your Name wrote:

On 2025-06-22 10:48:33 +0000, R.Wieser said:

Your Name,
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In some ways they are gouging the customers who still want / need those functions.

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Are they ?   What do you think it costs to manufacture small batches of a certain product ?   And than there is the risk involved in not getting all of them sold.  And its not only the manufacturer who runs that risk, but also all the resell points, upto-and-including the store, in between.

 Depend on the shop's agreement with the manufacturer. In some cases the agreement is that any unsold product can be returned to the manufacturer. This is pretty normal for magazines and books (the covers are torn off and returned to the publisher for credit, while the rest of the books / magazine goes in the bin / recycling). It also happens for many other products.

So that's why USAian books have a note that say "If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property"
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Cheers, Carlos.