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Is there a clearance store for yesteryear's USB flash drives? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Superiorem on 2024-07-26 16:27:18.

Strange question, I know.

I'm building an Unraid box. It feels wasteful to use a USB 3.x 16/32/64GB flash drive as an Unraid boot disk.

Naive assumption: there exists leftover stock of USB 2.0 flash drives from the mid-2010s in sizes 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB.

Question: is there a good place to find these? Presumably even well-made ones sell for pennies now.

I know that modern USB flash drives are also dirt cheap, but hell, if I can reduce e-waste in some way, why not? (although maybe I'm misunderstanding how supply chains work).

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