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dataflowtoday at 4:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

Can someone explain why in 2026 we have artificial limits like this?

> expandable upto 2TB with microSD

I get that 2TB ought to be enough for everybody, but why the heck shouldn't a 4TB microSD Just Work?


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Velocifyertoday at 7:18 PM

The SDXC spec does not allow for cards bigger than 2TiB, because of address sizes. You need SDUC for above 4TB.

Telaneotoday at 6:42 PM

They just haven't tested anything larger.

Pfhortunetoday at 4:50 PM

Every time I've seen a card capacity limit like this, someone tries a bigger card and it just... works.