Not the point of that article, but I prefer the full sized SD cards. You could comfortably hold them and there was space to write on a label. MicroSDs are too small and fiddly to handle.
Yes! In my mind's eye, the SD card format and size is what I imagined floppy disks would eventually become, only with massively higher storage capacities.
Less easy to lose compared to MicroSD cards, too.
But much harder to put in a phone.
I would gladly sacrifice a few cubic millimetres to get an SD slot in my phone.
It wouldn't be a few, it would make your phone twice as thick.
My phone has slots for two full size sim cards and a microSD next to the removable battery. I feel confident it could have had a full SD card without affecting the overall thickness (9.4mm)
I wouldn't. There's no point to having a slot in a phone for a temporary peripheral. Plenty of storage can be built into the phone and there's no reason to make it water vulnerable for such an infrequent use. If you want to connect it, use an adapter.
Anyone else remember the original Raspberry Pi used full sized SD cards? I ripped the slot off the card with the leverage you could get with the full sized SD card.
I was about to post "is that correct with only the original having a full-size SD slot?" but apparently the only RPi I ever owned was a 1 model B and not a 3. That would explain why I found it to be a bit slow when I last used it :P
MicroSD to (full-size) SD adapters exist.
And are generally included with every MicroSD card in fact.