This just proves my point further. Let me break the timeline down for you:
Computers are good at the power of 2, so we start using the number 1024 (2^10), and call it a “Megabyte” because it’s “close enough”
Someone points out that this technically is fraud
Instead of rectifying this, people invent an entirely new, entirely arbitrary range of measurements that don’t follow the SI standard - the mibibyte family
Hardware manufacturers take advantage of this discrepancy to make their products look better
OS devs stick to their guns, presumably only to avoid an outlash of “where did my storage go” from users
TL;DR: The “mibibye” family of measurements are an abomination
“I don’t understand SI measurements but daddy Gates told me all the others are wrong and he’s the only one who cares for me”
fastfetch output :
I didn’t realise that Linus Torvalds changed his name…
… unless you think I specifically went out and bought a laptop that advertised a 913.43 GiB secondary drive?
This just proves my point further. Let me break the timeline down for you:
TL;DR: The “mibibye” family of measurements are an abomination
Now I understand why the 100 IQ guy up there is crying.
Because even after you see the literal ‘i’ in between, you will still call them the same.
It’s as if you bought a metric ton of grain just to then complain that is doesn’t match an imperial tonne.