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submitted 5 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

Isn't this similar to the light bulb situation? Whereby making light-bulbs more fragile, and less reliable they increase the sales profits?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

They used to simply last longer, too. Fragility be damned.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I miss the days when LED light bulbs were basically forever lived.

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Cheap drivers that drive the cheap LED modules too hot without enough cooling.

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