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Re:Repairing Electronics: A Circular Economy Solution by userbinator on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:50PM (#36336163)
why are LED lamp units failing way ahead of schedule?

Planned obsolescence. Because LEDs would otherwise last for decades, they deliberately drive them as hard as they can to get a little more light at the expense of decreased efficiency and massively decreased lifespan. YouTuber bigclivedotcom has made many videos about this.

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