@Owlbert i think it will likely stay because it has been that way since the beginning. historically, there is not much else to represent saving something in the manner that people save things on the modern computer or electronic device.

@Owlbert Is it really a good idea to replace it? I know some people don't remember them but I can't think of anything else that would work and it's kinda nice. I would probably always use the word alongside it anyway.

@Owlbert You sure it's not an sdcard (;* With a little imagination and scaling one of those could look like a floppy disk.

@Owlbert For some reason users are sensitive when changes occurs in things that had been there for a long time. I imagine users looking for the diskette icon thinking that the Save option is not available.

@Owlbert A filing cabinet? Although that already means 'archive', and also it's an endangered species just like the floppy.

@Owlbert Google uses a download 'down' arrow in their set of Material Design icons: https://social.targaryen.house/media/27H9k_c1Elzjb4SZgzg

@Owlbert I've seen the cloud icon for save i think. As for "save to cloud". You could alternatively use something like a checkmark i guess?

@Owlbert As far i remember :-), we killed the dodo to eat them... For myself, never eaten a diskette ! According to me, not the same "way" :_)

@Owlbert I don't see it going anywhere soon. A disk is still a useful and ubiquitous abstraction even as less and less of our persistent storage happens on spinning magnets.

@Owlbert microSD cards have basically the same form than diskettes but are smaller and h

@Owlbert Download icon?

@Owlbert I think it'll continue the direction of the IRL references we're already using: folders, boxes (the DropBox icon is apt), safes, closets... general metaphors for places to put things rather than any references to actual storage technology.

@Owlbert Why does it need to be replaced? Even folks who have never used a floppy know that picture means save.