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> What else has dropped 50x in value in 3 years All tech ever made in the entire history of tech, as far as I can tell. It kinda doesn't matter if you can get
by BugsJustFindMe 4y ago
> What else has dropped 50x in value in 3 years
All tech ever made in the entire history of tech, as far as I can tell.
It kinda doesn't matter if you can get more for it in a secondary marketplace. Manufacturers don't really want to be in the business of buying things back from you if it will cost them less to make a new one.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI think it’s also absurd to say it’s dropped in value just on a single bid that’s likely far out of market. Apple doesn’t set the price in the secondary market, just the primary market. To know the price you need to get bids from who ever is in the market for your stuff.
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- tshaddox 4y ago> All tech ever made in the entire history of tech, as far as I can tell. I suspect 50x in 3 years would be exceedingly rare to see outside of products that literally expire or break in 3 years or are part of some ecosystem that has essentially died. Apple's trade-ins for iPhones, for instance, are much more generous than that. I suspect the issue here is simply that Apple doesn't want to be in the business of selling used desktop computers, but they do want to be in the business of selling used smartphones.
- quartz 4y agoI'm trying to figure out what "dropped 50x" even means... wouldn't that be like -$2.5 million?