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

Arlen,

Carrying a thumb drive with you everywhere you go is only
something you and Frank would come up with

But carrying either a charger or just a charging cable with you everywhere
you go is ofcourse absolutily normal.

Or a headphone/earplugs to listen to music or call people while not needing
to keep the phone in hand.  Or apples smart watches.

Also, weren't you talking about easily being able to exchange your "external
storage" ?   Are you only doing that at home ?   If not than you must be
carrying some sd-cards with you.

But yes, someone adding a thumbdrive to that mix would be plain silly.

Oh, wait ... I've been carrying one around with me for *years* (a 1GB stick.
That tell you how long ago it is), far before I got my first smartphone.  I
guess that made me silly.  I did enjoy having my files with me though, no
matter the 'puter I was infront of.

where at least you could have figured out that the cloud

...

(but at a price, not only in cost, but in privacy

Or you could have figured out home servers.

Old 'puters are cheap to get, and you get absolute privacy.   Just install
some version of linux, and off you go.

Ah, you fully forgot about that possibility.  That happens I suppose.

but I was at first surprised that neither Rudy nor Frank
ever used them.

And you know that ... how ?   Ah, mindreading again.

It's clear neither of them has any experience whatsoever with them.

If you say so.

The next time someone asks me about how to connect them to a microcontroller
and access them I will tell them so, and give them your name.  *You* know
*everything* about them, right ?  :-p

Regards,
Rudy Wieser