Do you think USB Flash drives are less popular these days because of the internet, and built-in memo

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Yes, I think the popularity of laptops, tablets, smart phones, online storage, streaming, and the internet are making USB flash drives not as popular for more tech savvy people who rather just store their files on their laptops hard drive, and backup their file to their e-mail account, online storage, MP3 player or smart phone. I rarely use a USB flash drive these days since my PC, Xbox 360, and laptop all have enough space to store my files, and I just e-mail files which I need to share with people rather then using a USB flash drive.
 
oh I'm not sure about that, I would see many school kids or workers using it to carry important documents and homework.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
oh I'm not sure about that, I would see many school kids or workers using it to carry important documents and homework.
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Indeed, poorer users who can't afford laptops and portable computers still use USB drives because they are the cheapest form of storage device, but I notice more people are carrying their files on laptops these days then in the past because laptops came down in price a lot.

I read an article which said more schools are lending kids laptops for the school year to use rather then having desktop computers at school.

A lot of companies also buy laptops for their worker, so they can work at home or on a plane, bus, or train. It is another way for companies to make you do work while getting paid the same by giving you a laptop to do work at home, and away from work.
 
Yes, stolen and broken laptops do suck. But, the same thing can happen to a desktop and USB flash drive.
 
Black Angel said:
Possibly, but I know that I will never be one to opt for online storage in lieu of physical storage. Servers do crash and information is lost, and I have seen it happen more often than I have with my own computer and so, I am even less likely to take that chance..
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I can agree with that, I used a online image site and they crashed and lost stuff. luckily I didn't have anything to important on it.
 
The only online storage I use which is now gone is Geocities which I hosted my Final Fantasy 8 website on when FF8 came out. But, I backed up the FF8 site to my PC. Yahoo was losing money on GeoCities, and decided to shut it down. I find hosting my files on Google Docs, DropBox, 1and1, Windows Live Drive, and Ubuntu one to be pretty reliable in my experience, but it is still a good idea to backup your PC to DVD-R, or a USB External hard drive and your PC.

Online Storage is useful if your computer gets stolen or destroyed in a house or car fire which means all your data is gone forever, but if it is online you can just re-download your files to your new PC and you got all your files back.

I mainly use online storage for quickly sending documents, photos, and audio files to friends since it means I don't have to meet with them at a physical location like their house to just copy some files to my USB Flash Drive to their PC.

I also use Instant Messengers send file feature to send files to friends when they are online otherwise; I just use e-mail attachments or send them a link to where I uploaded the file to if they are offline.

I think the sharing of photos, videos, and texts these days are mainly shared on Facebook, YouTube, Flkr,Websites, and E-mail attachments. I can't remember the last time I used a USB flash drive to share files with people.

Also, it could be safer sharing files by sending them through the internet since there are some Autorun USB, Floppy, and CD viruses which can install viruses onto your PC when they are inserted.

I feel 8GB flash drives are not enough storage to store people's anime video collection, ripped DVD and music collection, and the 16GB-64GB and greater flash drives are very expensive, and smart phones and tablets can be used to send people files to their computer with an instant messaging app like AIM, or use Bluetooth or a USB cable to connect to a PC for quick file transfer.
 
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