#back-market — Public Fediverse posts

Anti Wegwerfkultur: Back Market verkauft jetzt auch hässliche Rechner https://www.computerbase.de/news/notebooks/anti-wegwerfkultur-back-market-verkauft-jetzt-auch-haessliche-rechner.97193/ #BackMarket #UglyComputer

This $3 USB flash drive installs ChromeOS Flex on your PC

Want to run ChromeOS, but don’t want to buy a Chromebook? Google’s ChromeOS Flex software basically lets you turn an old PC or Mac into a Chromebook by replacing your computer’s operating system with a version of ChromeOS.

First introduced in 2022, ChromeOS Flex is available as a free download. But now Google has announced a pilot project with Back Market to sell a USB flash drive that comes […]

Google ChromeOS Flex USB Kit could rescue your old Windows laptop from the trash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/chromeos-flex-usb-kit/

Weekly output: Android updates, disposable tech, Starlink Mobile, AST SpaceMobile

I got back from MWC Barcelona Thursday, and this coming Friday I’m off to Austin for SXSW. I’m returning to that talkfest after a year off because for the first time since 2019, I’ll be contributing to the banter on the program–I’m moderating a panel about, of all things, video-game culture.

3/3/2026: Android Gets Location-Tracking Features That iOS Users Have Had for Ages, PCMag

This was the only post I had a client publish this week that I easily could have written from home. Instead, I filed it from the press room at MWC Barcelona–and then a late clarification from a Google publicist required me to send a revised paragraph to my editor in a Slack message I sent from the Barcelona metro.

3/4/2026: Slow Tech Uprising, Back Market

I moderated this panel about disposable tech at an event hosted by Back Market that also featured a screening of Dandora: A Fast Tech Story, a short film produced by that refurbished-gadgets marketplace. With four other people on stage–Joy Howard, Back Market’s chief marketing officer; Alexander Kuscher, a senior director for ChromeOS at Google; Carolina Milanesi, president and principal analyst at Creative Strategies; and Gaia Vince, a science writer–the 40 minutes allotted for our conversation before taking audience questions went by fast.

3/4/2026: At MWC, SpaceX execs tout Starlink V2 – and a key carrier partner for it, Light Reading

My telecom trade-pub client asked me to cover SpaceX’s portion of this keynote Monday. The rest of my schedule that day, combined with jet lag leaving me in a sleep-deprived haze, meant I had to finish writing it Tuesday, but that extra time also allowed me to get a quick demo of Starlink’s wireless emergency alert system from a few SpaceX executives at the company’s MWC exhibit.

3/4/2026: AST SpaceMobile Has Big Cellular Satellite Plans for 2026. Can It Deliver?, PCMag

My last appointment on the show floor Tuesday was with AST president and chief strategy officer Scott Wisniewski, who talked about that satellite startup’s plans to bring a direct-to-cell service to market this year for carriers including AT&T and Verizon. For that to happen, both AST and its launch providers will need to step up their pace dramatically.

Ah ben je viens de tomber sur une pub #Backmarket pour Noël. Ben je conseillerai plus jamais ça, du coup.
(c'est ma règle en terme de pub)

#BackMarket à fond sur l'écologie !

https://www.legorafi.fr/2025/10/06/back-market-propose-desormais-le-reconditionnement-des-anciens-ministres/

#PremierMinistre #Recyclage #LeGorafi

You can buy #refurbished #tech from #BackMarket in person now

https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-buy-refurbished-tech-from-back-market-in-person-now/

Back Market va ouvrir 500 boutiques en France ! Mais pourquoi faire ?
https://mac4ever.com/191829
#Mac4Ever #BackMarket

Back Market se lance sur le marché de la réparation et va ouvrir des boutiques en France http://dlvr.it/TN4tYl #BackMarket #Réparation

Back Market Survey Reveals One in Two Spaniards Opt to Repair Mobiles Instead of Discarding

#BackMarket #consumerbehavior #refurbishedphones #spain #sustainability
https://blazetrends.com/back-market-survey-reveals-one-in-two-spaniards-opt-to-repair-mobiles-instead-of-discarding/?fsp_sid=27871

You’ve heard of fast fashion—now meet Fast Tech.

Learn how you can make a difference: https://www.ifixit.com/News/109306/fix-it-then-pass-it-on-ifixit-joins-forces-with-back-market
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#RightToRepair #iFixit #BackMarket #video

After asking for help this morning and getting several answers, I discovered today:
- @Fairphone the name says it all, and they support alternative mobile OS with instructions on their own website.
- @murena really nice to see folks shipping a phone with /e/OS (@e_mydata), a fully "deGoogled" mobile ecosystem.
- @GrapheneOS really interesting alternative OS for several Google phones.
- https://backmarket.com useful not only for refurbished phones, but also for other electronic devices.

Not to mention the help I've got on specific questions from people I don't know.

The Fediverse rocks!

#fairphone #murena #GrapheneOS #Google #eos #backmarket #righttorepair #fediverse #mobile

La lettre d'information spéciale 8 mars de la section Solidaires #Backmarket :

https://backmarket.solidairesinformatique.org/fr/actualites/2025-03-03/pirate-letter-2

Communiqué réalisé conjointement avec les travailleur·euses espagnol·es de l'entreprise.

Petit Recap de mon retour sur Android :

Il y quelques jours j'ai commandé un Samsung S10 reconditionné avec un peu d'appréhension vis à vis de la batterie notamment.

Maintenant que mon nouveau téléphone est complètement opérationnel, je peux vous dire que je ne regrette pas mon achat. La batterie tient plus de 24 H sans problème même avec des application qui tournent en taches de fond.

#backmarket #android

#apple friends. jemand noch nen #macbook 2018-20 oä rumzuliegen, was sonst einstaubt? #berlin

dachte frage mal hier bevor ich bei #backmarket was klicke ... :)

#Smartphone #LinageOS #Murena #eOS

Tiens, un site qui relierait les smartphones dispo sur #Backmarket/#Kimovil, avec les modèles compatibles officiellement Lineage/Murena serait vraiment très très pratique.

Trying to return a #backMarket order. The return label is #eChronoPost, I have a sense of impending doom. But let's go for it anyhow!

1. First post office. Printer marked as "doesn't accept USB keys" since "long ago". I show the label on my phone, but no, they can't print the label for eChronoPost.

#BackMarket y los iPhone reacondicionados "como nuevos" con piezas no originales: es engañoso según #Autocontrol https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/usar-repuestos-no-oficiales-iphone-10981

La publicidad dice que son como nuevos. Sin embargo en las condiciones de uso se indica que utilizan recambios no originales.

Deberían ponerlo más claro. Por otra parte los #iPhone no sólo notifican cuando lleva piezas no originales. También notifica e incluso bloquea funcionalidad cuando se le han cambiado las piezas por otras aunque sean originales. Eso sí es un abuso por parte de Apple.

'‘It should be a right to fix your phone’: the boss of booming #SecondhandTech firm #BackMarket

#ThibaudHugDeLarauze says sales at his marketplace for #refurbished #electronics are soaring not just because people need to save money, but because they also care about #waste
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/11/it-should-be-a-right-to-fix-your-phone-the-boss-of-booming-secondhand-tech-firm-back-market #RightToRepair