Planned Obsolescence documentary - The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
Planned Obsolescence documentary - The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010) Pret-a-jeter (original title) 53 min | Documentary | France | Spain Once upon a time..... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of...
Anyone who still thinks that lightbulbs are a good example of planned obsolescence needs to watch Technology Connections' video about lightbulbs on YouTube. Planned obsolescence is definitely a thing, but lightbulbs are not an example of this, and this has been disproven time and time again.
Thank you for your input! Just to be sure, is it this one?
Btw when you say
Planned obsolescence is definitely a thing, lightbulbs are not an example of this, and this has been disproven time and time again
what do you mean? Could you share a relevant link?
It is that channel, yes!
And here is the relevant link to the specific video he did on lightbulbs and why they aren't an example of planned obsolescence: https://youtu.be/zb7Bs98KmnY
The TL;DW is this: no matter what method you use, the process of converting electricity into visible light is going to generate heat. With old filament bulbs, they had to balance the intensity of the light with the rate at which the filament would burn. Those older bulbs that lasted ages gave off so little light that they weren't practical because you would need several times as many lightbulbs. Turning up the amount of light meant the filament would not last as long, but you needed fewer of them. With newer models, we still have to play that balancing act, just with different electrical components, because making them brighter still means making them hotter and potentially frying the components inside.