Re:Apple sues Canadian recycling firm for reselling 100k dev...
by macspoofing on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:28PM
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>Why would it be wrong to make this practice illegal going forward?
Because it's a poorly thought-out policy created and pushed by people that may not (and clearly do not) understand the market, the space or the unintended consequences that arise from it.
>There are clear environmental impacts in desctroyiing functional devices.
And we also have clear liability and legal reasons for destroying 'functional devices'.
>Doesn't mean those reasons are necessarily in the interest of the public
Preventing devices that the manufacturer has not certified as safe from being distributed to the public is also in the interest of the public.
Every device that is currently made will end up in a landfill. Having the manufacturer and consumer responsible for these externalities is not a terrible policy, but this is not how you do it.
Because it's a poorly thought-out policy created and pushed by people that may not (and clearly do not) understand the market, the space or the unintended consequences that arise from it.
>There are clear environmental impacts in desctroyiing functional devices.
And we also have clear liability and legal reasons for destroying 'functional devices'.
>Doesn't mean those reasons are necessarily in the interest of the public
Preventing devices that the manufacturer has not certified as safe from being distributed to the public is also in the interest of the public.
Every device that is currently made will end up in a landfill. Having the manufacturer and consumer responsible for these externalities is not a terrible policy, but this is not how you do it.