Unfortunately, electronics design does not operate outside the bounds of economics. Given a target retail price of ~$1.25/unit -- many of these bulbs are the best design possible.
The existence of poor quality products does not indicate malice -- many buyers demand low end products.
Cost/quality/performance is an engineering tradeoff without a "correct" answer. The answer is up to the opinion of the customer.
I think that argument only holds when the customer is informed about those specific tradeoffs. The customer will choose the cheap bulbs because they can't be sure the expensive ones are better quality. They often aren't.
Buyers want cheap bulbs, they don't want crap bulbs. If that means $1.25/unit is impossible, so be it.
kube-system|1 year ago
The existence of poor quality products does not indicate malice -- many buyers demand low end products.
Cost/quality/performance is an engineering tradeoff without a "correct" answer. The answer is up to the opinion of the customer.
Dutchie987|1 year ago
Buyers want cheap bulbs, they don't want crap bulbs. If that means $1.25/unit is impossible, so be it.