I don’t think you can say there is a “most common” unit for the general public. People probably shop for storage more than they do service providers, so I guess MB?
However I don’t think spelling it makes it any easier. If people aren’t noticing a capital B or a lowercase b, will they notice or understand bytes vs bits when spelled?
I think it’s a case of it just kinda sucks we have similar sounding and spelled words, but the general public is not getting too caught up on it because they’re largely oblivious. So long as manufacturers and sales use the appropriate term on the appropriate product, everything should work out. I’ve never seen a hard drive marketed in bit capacity, so I think this is really a non issue.
Just chalk it up to something you now understand better.
I don’t think you can say there is a “most common” unit for the general public. People probably shop for storage more than they do service providers, so I guess MB?
However I don’t think spelling it makes it any easier. If people aren’t noticing a capital B or a lowercase b, will they notice or understand bytes vs bits when spelled?
I think it’s a case of it just kinda sucks we have similar sounding and spelled words, but the general public is not getting too caught up on it because they’re largely oblivious. So long as manufacturers and sales use the appropriate term on the appropriate product, everything should work out. I’ve never seen a hard drive marketed in bit capacity, so I think this is really a non issue.
Just chalk it up to something you now understand better.