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[-] OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 92 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Got cheap, no-name, unbranded LED bulbs off of eBay. Years later, not one of them had broken.

But Philips LED bulbs? Those things don't last a year. In fact, none of the high-rated, "high quality," top-ten-list, LED light bulbs have ever outlasted an incandescent in my experience.

If you want your LEDs to last, buy the no-name bulbs, guys. The Phoebus Cartel is still out there.

[-] button_masher@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 year ago

Boy do I have a video for you. It's regarding the cartel and light bulb engineering if you'd be interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY

Monopolies are scary though, especially if they can make such collective actions without telling anyone.

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