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Old iPods and DS Lites get Austin Evans's refurbished-tech inspection

His Back Market haul spans MacBooks, a Canon camera and a Sega Genesis among eight new uploads.

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I Bought OBSOLETE Tech from Back Market...

A 2009 iPod Classic has found itself sharing Austin Evans's shopping list with a 2021 MacBook Pro. "I Bought OBSOLETE Tech from Back Market..." gives his refurbished-tech investigations another outing, this time with a particularly broad definition of old.

The haul also includes a Canon PowerShot G9, Sega Genesis Model 2, Nintendo DS Lite and a second MacBook. The video contains a sponsored segment for Desktronic. At roughly 533,000 views, it is the most-watched of his eight new uploads and the channel's busiest video by daily views right now.

The comments turn the shopping trip into a discussion about what refurbished hardware should deliver. Viewers weigh the DS Lite's price against its condition and warranty, question putting Chrome OS on an older MacBook, and debate expectations around factory resets. One reader recalls learning photography on film before moving to digital, a fitting footnote to the PowerShot's appearance.

Elsewhere, Austin looked forward rather than backward. "Nobody's Ready for the PS6" moves through Xbox's role and the possibility of a portable PlayStation. Surface Laptop Ultra unboxing, GTA 6's PC timing and physical games also made the upload shelf.

Across the channel, weekly views reached about 3.5 million while subscribers held steady. Daily viewing is much slower than usual, although the new Xbox Ally X20 upload is gathering momentum behind the Back Market haul. Among nearby gadget channels, iJustine had a slightly larger viewing week, while TechRax was quieter. Austin's strongest draw remains the shopping basket containing yesterday's desirable tech.

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What viewers say

Dang I love these videos where you order stuff from tech sites, so that we don't have to waste our money
@Ike32See it on YouTube
DS Lites are my favorite "retro" handhelds to buy and repair. Having a clean DS in this day is just so satisfying,
@kakashi99908See it on YouTube
07:41 Ironically, I think Photography 101 courses from that era still required you to use a film camera to learn techniques before you took more advanced classes with digital cameras. At least, that was the case at my local community college.
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