I can't believe a lightbulb costs $50 now, and it doesn't even come with the power spectrum (the information that would be necessary to determine, as per the linked article, if it would mess up your sleep cycle if used in a night lamp).

I have zero interest in programmable light bulbs, I just want a cheap warm-temperature bulb (similar light to an incandescent).

I guess you could just buy brighter bulbs and put a blue-blocker filter on them.

You can get an 8-pack of Philips 2700K non-programmable bulbs off Amazon for $18. No need to get incandescents or filters.

Sure the cost is (maybe) 10x. But the lifespan is 20x+ what an incandescent would be. And it's on-the-fly configurable to preference.

The marginal cost of intelligent/smart bulbs is 3x or what not. Given how long they last, for many folks it seems like an easy win. The adaptability is great. Yeah you can eskew it & just do a thing, & yeah many consumers just won't get there, but damn, it's so nice having per-bupb adjustable brightness & color temp everywhere. For pretty minimal addition vs where we had been.

LEDs are advertised to have amazing lifespans, but I haven't seen that in real life. The LEDs I purchase tend to last two or three times longer than an incandescent bulb, but sometimes I don't even get that much.

Fwiw, I have never had an LED bulb burn out.

Eh, “configurable”. LEDs are one of the reasons the world feels so dull right now.

> I'm a big fan of LIFX bulbs.

And they all seem to be "smart" and "color".

Any options for non-smart and "white" (≤3500K)?