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Re:Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30? by derekp7 on Sunday April 06, 2014 @11:17AM (#7541208)
They could also just standardize their storage sizes on the higher number and still advertise the higher number -- i.e., instead of selling a 300GB hard drive, they could sell a 322.12GB drive, which stores 300GiB.
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