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Doesn't buying a used pixel encourage the sale of new pixels by demonstrating a healthy resale value?
by dotancohen 8mo ago
Doesn't buying a used pixel encourage the sale of new pixels by demonstrating a healthy resale value?
- nhumrich 8mo agoI don't think the market of people buying used phones for the purpose of graphene is going to make a dent in profits for Google. It raises resale value maybe by say, $0, considering the price is set by the average consumer
- jstanley 8mo agoWell then buying them directly from Google would have no effect either.
- pschastain 8mo agoExcept that Google would then get the profits It's not about Google, it's about OP's personal values
- jstanley 8mo agoBut if you think buying on the secondhand market doesn't impact the market, why do you think buying from the OEM does? It's one phone's worth of demand either way.
- akimbostrawman 8mo agoNobody is buying pixels specifically to resells them. If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive. First hand = money goes directly to Google including margin Second hand = money only goes towards a private person, 0$ for google. At best it prevents usable phones being thrown into landfill.
- jstanley 8mo ago> If anything there fast reduction in value makes them less attractive. Right. And if you buy a secondhand one you are increasing their value on the secondhand market. Reducing the depreciation increases the value of the brand new phone.
- handedness 8mo agoThat was addressed further up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243976
- jstanley 8mo agoNo it wasn't. That's the exact point I'm refuting. If you don't think voting with your wallet works, then that is a position you can take. But you can't think it works when buying from the OEM but doesn't work when buying on the secondary market.
- handedness 8mo agoSure you can, because you're talking about different inputs in your supply and demand scenario. You're also talking about different opportunity costs for the OEM, different incentives, and different outcomes. You're also assuming the person selling their Pixel is buying another Pixel, and not switching to a device made by a different OEM. And ultimately, if buying it on the secondary market in such small numbers that it doesn't move the market, then it adequately addresses the concern. Edit: I'm not saying there's zero effect of it, but it's likely statistically insignificant.
- Markoff 8mo agothat depends what you consider a healthy resale value, I bought my Pixel 6a with no issues for 100EUR :-) (and not because I care about Google's business, I don't have gapps in my phone, I just like good deals/VFM)
- aniviacat 8mo agoI never considered resale value when buying a phone. Is that really something people look for?
- okanat 8mo agoI often hear resale talk from iPhone buyers.
- rationalist 8mo agoHow much of that is self-justification for convincing themselves to buy something expensive?
- alt187 8mo agoYes, because everyone is a perfectly rational agent in the economy.