Below: two new memory cards I just got in the mail (total weight: 18g).

Above: the amount of packaging SanDisk apparently believes is appropriate (total weight: 80g).

I’m not sure it even makes sense to comment on wastefulness in the electronics industry these days, even when the excess is so excessive that fully four fifths of a product’s mass gets sent to a landfill in the first minute of use. It’s like complaining about gravity, or the passage of time, or the belly buttons on a Twinkie.

So instead I’ll just say: SanDisk, this sickens me, and I’ll be avoiding your products from now on.