Unfortunately a lot of secondhand hardware is destroyed. Storage devices due to privacy, other components because corporations are unwilling to expend the man hours needed to sell off perfectly good hardware and instead choose an e-waste recycler they can write off as an expense.
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sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The other good ending: People learn to disassemble e-waste and reuse stuff instead of throwing them in the trash. Think of all the SSDs, HDDs, and RAM sticks that are thrown out in old laptops and gaming consoles. It would be great to bring more of a reuse, repair, Maguyver, culture back to electronics.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Gathorall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s lucky that my dad’s supplier is sensible about these things, my family has I think 5 refurb Fujitsu laptops at €50 and €70 for the last one.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wish that happened more often. All these crypto mines or whatever that use massive CPU or GPU power should dump them on the market, but I’ve never seen dumps of low-cost hardware.
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
The problem is that the crypto miners and AI servers run on purpose-built hardware now that can’t be repurposed for gaming.
0x0@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
You’ll need right to repair first.
Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean, I’m happy to Maguyver my old laptop, I’m just not sure how much utility that last 8gb of ddr3 will deliver to my £5000 gaming rig
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That’s fantastic for you that you have a £5000 gaming rig. Not all of us can afford that. A lot of us are still gaming or doing office work or running servers on DDR3 machines.