[stevekemp]

One thing nobody seems to have mentioned here is how unusual it seems to be to have a switch on sockets.

I grew up with the famous British Plug, and while people make lots of comments about the safety-centric design and the fuse in the plug few people care about the switch.

I like to be able to turn off power to the TV when I'm not using it for a few weeks, etc, and that's something I genuinely missed when I moved to Finland with the EU-sockets.

[UltraSane]

In the US it is pretty common to have some outlets wired to a wall switch.