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Good bet. See recent criticism here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21895086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21895086 "Sonos's “recycle mode” intent

Good bet. See recent criticism here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21895086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21895086 "Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused" Fuck this kind of masquerading profit hunger as environmental responsibility. Just buy some wired, maybe simple Bluetooth speakers for cheaper (eg. Sennheiser, Audio-Technika or JBL) and enjoy their fine sound.

Karunamon 7y ago
"Recycle mode" is intended for devices that people are trading up to newer devices. In return for enabling it, you get a 30% discount on any newer hardware, the idea being that you either ship the item back to them, or take it to an e-waste recycler. Nobody is forced to do this. You're more than welcome to sell/give/etc your speakers to someone else.
- monocasa 7y ago
  The thing is that e waste recyclers generally try to re sell working electronics and have come out hard against Sonos's recycle mode. There's a reason why the saying is "reduce, reuse, recycle" in that order. They also don't verify that you recycled it, practically it only makes sure that the otherwise working speaker is removed from the market so that Sonos isn't competing with itself. I'd imagine that a lot of these just end up in the garbage.
- detaro 7y ago
  They promote it as a sustainability initiative. Turning functional devices into e-waste is anything but that, and rightfully criticized and mocked.
  - Groxx 7y ago
    Yea. This is very clearly an attempt to cut into the second-hand market, certainly not recycling.
- gombosg 7y ago
  Sorry for the late reply, I agree with the others. If this truly was an environmental initiative, Sonos would rather take a proof of receipt of you giving your previous speaker to an e-waste recycler or even giving away to some place like Goodwill where it'll get reused. They could just make sure that you were nice and gave away your device for free and/or charity purposes, instead of bricking it forever.

Karunamon 7y ago

"Recycle mode" is intended for devices that people are trading up to newer devices. In return for enabling it, you get a 30% discount on any newer hardware, the idea being that you either ship the item back to them, or take it to an e-waste recycler. Nobody is forced to do this. You're more than welcome to sell/give/etc your speakers to someone else.

monocasa 7y ago
The thing is that e waste recyclers generally try to re sell working electronics and have come out hard against Sonos's recycle mode. There's a reason why the saying is "reduce, reuse, recycle" in that order. They also don't verify that you recycled it, practically it only makes sure that the otherwise working speaker is removed from the market so that Sonos isn't competing with itself. I'd imagine that a lot of these just end up in the garbage.
detaro 7y ago
They promote it as a sustainability initiative. Turning functional devices into e-waste is anything but that, and rightfully criticized and mocked.
- Groxx 7y ago
  Yea. This is very clearly an attempt to cut into the second-hand market, certainly not recycling.
gombosg 7y ago
Sorry for the late reply, I agree with the others. If this truly was an environmental initiative, Sonos would rather take a proof of receipt of you giving your previous speaker to an e-waste recycler or even giving away to some place like Goodwill where it'll get reused. They could just make sure that you were nice and gave away your device for free and/or charity purposes, instead of bricking it forever.