Phoebus Cartel & Planned Obsolescence

Phoebus cartel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy

http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/history/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy

THE L.E.D. QUANDARY: WHY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS “BUILT TO LAST”

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-l-e-d-quandary-why-theres-no-such-thing-as-built-to-last

Planned Obsolescence: The Light Bulb Conspiracy

https://goo.gl/8FHBTZ

Planned Obsolescence

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/10/07/planned-obsolescence/

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110-year-old light bulb still shining in US

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-13782651

The World’s Longest Burning Light Bulb Has Been On for 113 Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkh1zxTih6g

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a13220/the-worlds-longest-burning-light-bulb-has-shone-for-110-years-17441176/

This Light Bulb Has Been Burning for 115 Years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUt9tGgVxzU

Watt a Lightbulb! A lightbulb has been burning continuously since 1901

http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp

The World's Longest-Burning Light Bulb Has Shone for 110 Years

https://priceonomics.com/the-mysterious-case-of-the-113-year-old-light-bulb/