← Back to context Comment by pschastain 7 months ago Except that Google would then get the profitsIt's not about Google, it's about OP's personal values 6 comments pschastain Reply 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. jstanley 7 months ago > If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone. 3 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. jstanley 7 months ago > If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone. 3 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. jstanley 7 months ago > If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone. 3 replies →
jstanley 7 months ago > If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone. 3 replies →
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.
> If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive.
Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone.
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