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> in 50 years nobody wants to use glass containers yet here we are, 50 years later, still using glass containers and fluorescent tube lamps that break because
by jesprenj 2y ago
> in 50 years nobody wants to use glass containers
yet here we are, 50 years later, still using glass containers and fluorescent tube lamps that break because they are designed to break every two years
- echoangle 2y agoIm 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.
- t43562 2y agoDon't worry, they're probably working on 2-year LEDs right now.
- tristor 2y agoThey'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.