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Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades (www.engadget.com)
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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

FAT32 is also really simple to implement. Supporting exFAT may require a larger microcontroller with more memory, which results in a more expensive product.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

FAT32 is the java of file systems. Works everywhere, on anything. But everyone hates it.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

Even my speaker can read fat32, but I never format any storage in that system