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minus-squareJustEnoughDuckslinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-222 days agoAnd then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out. Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)linkfedilinkEnglish8•22 days agoArguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-square@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•22 days agoEh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)linkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-222 days agoI would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠
minus-square@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•22 days agoI was thinking of the shops that buy used and resell them.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)linkfedilinkEnglish1•22 days ago Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-square@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-222 days agoYes i misread your first comment, I am aware of that without you repeating it.
And then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out.
Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
Eh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
I would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠
I was thinking of the shops that buy used and resell them.
Yes i misread your first comment, I am aware of that without you repeating it.