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Hum... I have some news for you.
Those words never actually meant what you think they meant, and we have to live with stuff like k(ki)B and M(ki)B. Nobody actually uses MiB or GiB.
I have no idea wtf you're trying to say here. "M(ki)B"?
"Nobody actually uses" the actual correct terms?
"Those words" - you didn't even clarify which words you're talking about.
Nobody uses memory sized in GiB, and while people use MiB in a few contexts, that's almost completely outdated by now too.
People use "millions of kibibytes" and "thousands of kibibytes" a lot. But thinking of that again, people also use "thousands of mibibytes" and "millions of mibibytes" too.
"Nobody" uses memory marketed as GiB maybe. But it IS sized in GiB. And why are you distinguishing between units here in this context anyway? What does "use" even mean here? Are you talking what people actually say, or physically use? Because they physically use all of these terms everyday.
People may not say the correct terms in everyday speech, but even today, regular, non computer people kinda think any word ending in some version of "byte" is more like a magic spell used to invoke the meaning they're intending.
People only use any of the "iB" words/abbreviations for conversations between computer enthusiasts. In general, they're still just now learning the difference between a bye and gigabyte. They know some sound bigger than others, but that's about all they know typically.
I'm not even sure when these words started tbh. I knew the difference between what they meant in different contexts, but I had literally never heard of any of the iBs until about 4 years ago or so, even being a nerd who used the one term in different contexts. It was such a relief to come across a word that meant what I was trying to say.
Either way, using the "ibi"s (there's gotta be a catchier word for the collective term in not thinking of) is anything but outdated. Being correct will never be outdated.
Take a look in the actual size of the memory you have around.