128 gb should be the standard minimum amount of space a computer or laptop should have
maybe for SBCs you can get by with 64 gb but 32 and 16, EVEN 8 gb is deadass way too small to do ANYTHING
you need an os first off and that shit can take up so much space to the point of bottlenecking it (cough cough windows cough cough), like come on, you expect anybody to just get by on such a crummy laptop space?
usbs and sd cards are fine but at least DON'T use something as small as 8 gb for one (at least normally, there may be certain situations where you can go smaller and i get that but like come on now, it's 2023)