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I would argue that keeping parts for an iPhone 6 around (or making new ones) is a much bigger form of waste.
by xenospn 3y ago
I would argue that keeping parts for an iPhone 6 around (or making new ones) is a much bigger form of waste.
- realusername 3y agoProducing parts is a bigger form of waste than producing a whole new device?
- Arnt 3y agoThere's production: You have to produce a large number of parts in a production run. If you sell a small number, that's a lot of waste. And there's storage: Storing things in warehouses costs money per year. I've heard figures well above $1 per part and year. If you use half a warehouse for storing things that will eventually not be used, you're wasting that warehouse and spending money to do it.
- bdcravens 3y agoVery true, but you can literally buy new transmissions for 70 year old cars. More importantly, the issue of serialization prevents reuse of parts already in the wild, such as buying a broken phone for parts, often in an on-demand way.
- Arnt 3y agoI'll trust you on that. I've heard that it also prevents fake parts, ones made in a similar way to what you can read about at https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022 Would you say that's a bigger or smaller effect than not being able to use parts from a broken phone?
- nicoburns 3y agoIf 3rd party parts weren't blocked this would be less of an issue. Production could be allowed to naturally respond to market demand.
- bdcravens 3y agoThat argument is orthogonal to whether a company should prevent those parts from being used. Less wasteful is someone buying a used phone and then swapping parts, which serialization prevents.