← Back to context Comment by jstanley 7 months ago Well then buying them directly from Google would have no effect either. 7 comments jstanley Reply pschastain 7 months ago Except that Google would then get the profitsIt's not about Google, it's about OP's personal values jstanley 7 months ago But if you think buying on the secondhand market doesn't impact the market, why do you think buying from the OEM does?It's one phone's worth of demand either way. akimbostrawman 7 months ago Nobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.First hand = money goes directly to Google including marginSecond hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill. 4 replies →
pschastain 7 months ago Except that Google would then get the profitsIt's not about Google, it's about OP's personal values jstanley 7 months ago But if you think buying on the secondhand market doesn't impact the market, why do you think buying from the OEM does?It's one phone's worth of demand either way. akimbostrawman 7 months ago Nobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.First hand = money goes directly to Google including marginSecond hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill. 4 replies →
jstanley 7 months ago But if you think buying on the secondhand market doesn't impact the market, why do you think buying from the OEM does?It's one phone's worth of demand either way. akimbostrawman 7 months ago Nobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.First hand = money goes directly to Google including marginSecond hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill. 4 replies →
akimbostrawman 7 months ago Nobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.First hand = money goes directly to Google including marginSecond hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill. 4 replies →
Except that Google would then get the profits
It's not about Google, it's about OP's personal values
But if you think buying on the secondhand market doesn't impact the market, why do you think buying from the OEM does?
It's one phone's worth of demand either way.
Nobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.
First hand = money goes directly to Google including margin
Second hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill.
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