Phillips make bulbs in Dubai that give approximately twice the lumens/watt, and last an order of magnitude longer, at marginal difference in production cost. The super high-tech clever secret? Just put twice as many LEDs in them. Strangely enough, Phillips don't produce these bulbs anywhere else in the world, I wonder why?
They are designed to be the most efficient available, matching high lumen output with very long life
In return for the development Philips gained exclusive rights to manufacture the lamps for a fixed duration, extending from their announcement in 2016. Philips expect to have supplied 10 million of the lamps by the end of 2021
These lamps are currently only available in Dubai. The likelihood of them appearing elsewhere is limited by the fact that they are designed to last a long time, which isn't profitable for the manufacturers.
I'unno I know this shit is happening in all areas all the time because capitalism but the blatant examples like this are really stupid and upsetting.
More effort needs to be done to go after companies that make and sell electronics that break or fail after a few months, or one-time use electronics. They contribute so much to the growing pile of E-waste.
This past Christmas I was at a party. A few people got these battery powered flashing Christmas light string necklaces as door prizes. The battery life on them wasn't so good, and at the end of the party most were barely glowing and some people were throwing theirs in the garbage. I dug them out so I could repurpose the flasher circuit for something else, but it got me thinking about all the cheaply made electronic treats like this that are out there and how many people just trash them after a few hours of use.
This shit needs to be outlawed or regulated, but you just know the reactionaries will immediately start crying about the government taking their treats away.
If we completely got rid of all planned obsolescence as a society, you're obsoleting an enormous percentage of jobs - unemployment would absolutely skyrocket and capitalist society would probably collapse. So it'll never be outlawed or meaningfully regulated.