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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by Workaccount2 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:50AM (#35372682)
They are almost certainly referring to the use of 85°C capacitors. These are much cheaper and die quicker compared to their pricier counterparts.

It's not so much "planned obsolescence" as it is "consumers shop on price primarily". And its even harder because there really isn't much benefit to putting specs on your bulbs because 99.9% of consumers won't understand them anyway.

What should happen is a mandated "nutrition facts" that gets put on all bulbs so people can familiarize themselves with a standard fact sheet.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by PoignardAzur on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:13AM (#35373003)
I think the european commission was considering something like this with right-to-repair laws? Having a "durability score" on the package, or something like that.
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