The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy

The Great lightbulb conspiracy came about in the early 1900's when a cartel of 3 leading light bulb manufacturers, Osran,Philips and General electric came together in order to plan obsolescence of the light bulb. This became the birth of planned obsolescence in business and would effect the world for decades to come. 

The cartel was a convenient way to lower costs and worked to standardise the life expectancy of light bulbs at 1000 hours, while at the same time raising prices without fear of competition. Members' bulbs were regularly tested and fines were levied for bulbs that lasted more than 1000 hours.

by Mark

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

source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/history/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracysource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel


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