usually used or refurbished devices are from ppl who would have bought it anyway (be it for their private or business use) and decided to buy new/different phones (for whatever reason).
I’m not talking about resellers who buy new devices and just, well, resell them. But about pre-used ones.
tl;dr: your money does not go to Google and the ppl you get it from would have purchased it anyway. The device just ends up in your hands instead of the land fill or being recycled
tl;dr: your money does not go to Google and the ppl you get it from would have purchased it anyway. The device just ends up in your hands instead of the land fill or being recycled
It all depends on how you look at it. You choose to see it as your money saving an object from the landfill, and I choose to follow the trail of my money going all the way to Google’s pocket ultimately.
But those two outlooks are not incompatible: they both hold true. You just choose to disregard the latter while I can’t get past it.
I get what you mean, although I don’t think that I choose to ignore it.
My argument being: the devices would have been bought anyway so buying used/refurbished doesn’t give Google any additional money
The mental gymnastics in this one lol
usually used or refurbished devices are from ppl who would have bought it anyway (be it for their private or business use) and decided to buy new/different phones (for whatever reason).
I’m not talking about resellers who buy new devices and just, well, resell them. But about pre-used ones.
tl;dr: your money does not go to Google and the ppl you get it from would have purchased it anyway. The device just ends up in your hands instead of the land fill or being recycled
It all depends on how you look at it. You choose to see it as your money saving an object from the landfill, and I choose to follow the trail of my money going all the way to Google’s pocket ultimately.
But those two outlooks are not incompatible: they both hold true. You just choose to disregard the latter while I can’t get past it.
I get what you mean, although I don’t think that I choose to ignore it.
My argument being: the devices would have been bought anyway so buying used/refurbished doesn’t give Google any additional money
You don’t think resale value affects purchasing choices at all?