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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by baskind on Saturday April 16, 2016 @09:21AM (#11510474)
Would be equally interesting to know how much it cost them to recover that much gold from that many devices.
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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by sfall on Saturday April 16, 2016 @11:27AM (#11510922)
it is a profitable venture there are companies that recover precious metals from computer equipment
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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by noobie on Saturday April 16, 2016 @11:36AM (#11510951)
Hobbyists too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhuwO8AjM7k

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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by awqrre on Saturday April 16, 2016 @06:27PM (#11512563)
but at the scale he is doing it, he looses money
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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by tamana on Sunday April 17, 2016 @12:07AM (#11513456)
That's what a "hobby" is: a money-losing activity.

A "business" is a money-making hobby.

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Re:Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones ... by tamana on Sunday April 17, 2016 @12:07AM (#11513454)
Sort of. Those businesses have externalities in worker unsafety and pollution.
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