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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:34:36 -0700
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On 2025-06-26 01:51, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>> This isn't about whether someone wants to use these features, or whether
>> they're important to a specific user. It's about the objective fact of 
>> what
>> the physical hardware allows the device to do.
>>
>> Think of it like a car. A car with a tow hitch has the capability to 
>> tow a
>> trailer. A car without one doesn't. Even if someone never tows a trailer,
>> the car with the hitch still possesses that extra capability that the 
>> other
>> one lacks. It's not about whether they use it, but whether the inherent
>> functionality is present.
> 
> A tow hitch has the capability to damage greatly another car when 
> reversing in a parking, and you have to pay expensive damages. So, it 
> makes parking more difficult and dangerous.

What's ironic here is that there are essentially no trucks sold today 
that actually have a hitch.

The have a receiver that the buyer can use to ADD the actual hitch, and 
those hitches can be of multiple types.

Just like you can use the USB port of a smartphone for multiple purposes.

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