Comment by iforgotpassword

Yes, as a marketing person you could probably argue that the environmentally positive effect is that you don't have to mail the device in, and I'm not claiming other vendors aren't trying to prevent people from reselling used products, but this specific instance just seems so overly ironic because it makes the result of such offers so crystal clear:

"get a discount by making sure nobody could possibly get any use out of your old device even if it's still working fine"

Plus I don't think other vendors are trying to sell such discount programs as some form of recycling.