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Old 10-21-2024, 06:49 AM   #285
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Originally Posted by BionicGecko View Post
If MTP comes with so many issues, what’s the rationale for Amazon to migrate the new devices to it instead of just continuing to use USB mass storage?
One reason is also greater than 32 G partitions. Though they are in theory possible with FAT32, MS removed formatting support, which is one reason larger memory sticks & SD cards use exFAT by default.
But it also gives Amazon total control as to what to expose to user. They can use ext4 and put database on same partition as ebooks and other files but only expose the ebooks.
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