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What's an example of something that was just done right the first time round? (reddthat.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With light bulbs, there is a trade off between longevity and efficiency.

Efficient shorter lasting bulbs are the superior product, they save the consumer money (at the expense of the inconvenience of having to replace them a little more often)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, after they mastered the process of making LEDs, they were quoted to have a half life of around 400 years, meaning that after 400 years continuous use, they'd be expected to emit about half as much light as they did new.

Now what did they go and do? They ramped up the power and made them blindingly bright, yet only last like 5 years or so, if you're lucky.

And the cycle of enshittification continues...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Producing quality LEDs is a hella process. Producing shit LEDs is cheap.

There are several layers (7?) and a crack of a micron or three will suck the life out of it. Add to that shitty controllers and we get shitty LEDs. But they're cheap!

I've got a couple of red LEDs that were made for the original IBM PC. They still work flawlessly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's usually not the LED that fails, but the driver