• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Old enough to remember when they went berserk over florescent light bulbs.

      Old enough to remember when they lost their minds, because Obama suggested they check their tire pressure.

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        9 months ago

        CFLs were kinda shit tho. I’m so happy LED became standard.

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          9 months ago

          LEDs are definitely an improvement on an improvement. But I’ll never get why people got angry at bulbs that were cooler, brighter, and cheaper by life expectancy than their old filament bulb counterparts.

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            9 months ago

            Reactance. They didn’t feel like they had a choice. CFLs were different and buzzy and the color was off.

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              Reactance. They didn’t feel like they had a choice.

              Only because they weren’t a sizable market share.

              CFLs were different and buzzy and the color was off.

              Engineering problems that were solved within a few iterations. But by then LEDs that were better and cheaper were hitting the market and the argument became moot.

              Now my biggest problem with modern light bulbs is the absurd market-ups relative to what they cost everywhere else on the planet.