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Im pretty happy I don’t have to use a fluorescent tube lamp that’s 50 years old, LEDs are much better. I don’t think this is a good counterexample.


Don't worry, they're probably working on 2-year LEDs right now.


They've already managed that, just buy any of the low-cost LED replacement bulbs in any major store made in bulk in China. They don't put proper heatsinks on the power circuitry driving the LEDs so it eventually fails, especially under conditions of being turned off and then back on again often, like the lights in most rooms in most houses.




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