I keep trying to do things like that with old hardware, and find that it's really just a source of clutter, because the hardware device itself is still redundan

I keep trying to do things like that with old hardware, and find that it's really just a source of clutter, because the hardware device itself is still redundant with the new one. As well as my old phone can play music, my new phone can play music even better, and is also more likely to be in the same room as me when I decide to play some music. Besides, on any time scale that matters from a big picture perspective, it's not the life span of the individual pieces of electronics that determines the rate at which waste is being produced, it's the rate at which they're being manufactured in the first place. Where postmarket starts being able to make a meaningful dent in the world is when it can help me avoid ever having to buy the new device.