Weird consequence of software bloat:
- SamFW is a site that archives Samsung phone firmwares
- They reduce bandwidth costs by requiring the first user who downloads a firmware to mirror it on Google Drive
- Google Drive's free tier has 15GB storage
- Samsung Galaxy S25's firmware is... 16GB
- So I can't download S25 firmware because nobody has been able to mirror it on Google Drive
Zhuowei Zhang
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2025-06-08 15:51:53 UTC
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