Apple sues Canadian recycling firm for reselling 100k devices, not destroying

Re:Apple sues Canadian recycling firm for reselling 100k dev... by dahart on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:40PM (#24681242)

Why do you assume a consumer buying a low-cost used Apple device would prefer a new device over a low-cost competitor's device? Obviously they already chose based on price.

Do you think it's possible Apple believes that reselling devices will result in lower recycling rates? Is it possible that reselling devices that can't be refurbished to their standards could be a safety or liability issue?

Why are you making judgements about what benefit of the doubt a company deserves based on an assumption on top of an assumption?

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Re:Apple sues Canadian recycling firm for reselling 100k dev... by x0x0 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:19PM (#24682710)

> Why do you assume a consumer buying a low-cost used Apple device would prefer a new device over a low-cost competitor's device? Obviously they already chose based on price.

Apple has relatively high repurchase rates, crossing market segments.

> Why are you making judgements

Their focus on preventing third-party repairs to their devices, preferring to sell expensive repairs or force customers to purchase new devices.

Secondarily, their focus on dollar extraction. Upselling chargers or cables; using their app-store to collect a 30% tax on all transactions, even to the point of attempting to blackmail wordpress for a revenue share. (The fact they walked it back after negative publicity doesn't change that they tried.)

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