• MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      10
      ·
      3 months ago

      Facebook market place in my small town has dozens of these for less than $20. Why don’t you pick up a few of these and recycle our current supply instead of asking companies to produce more e waste incase we someday want to buy it.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        The large used market exists because Google has been producing them. When Google stops producing them, that supply will dry up.

        • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          6
          ·
          3 months ago

          Lucky you, this is the perfect time to snatch up all the ones you say you need on the cheap.

          • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 months ago

            I’m not going to buy something I don’t need right now. Especially when my buying it is denying it to someone else who wants it.

            • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              3 months ago

              Ok so just so we’re clear, you want Google to keep mass producing e waste that you and most of the world aren’t buying right now just in case someday you might want to buy another.

              • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                6
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                3 months ago

                They can reduce production to meet demand. Kickstarter and retro consoles have shown you can produce very small production runs at a profit.

                But Google’s attitude with all products whether software or hardware is that if it isn’t a monopoly market share product, they cancel it.