Interoperability can be aided through enshittification too

Posted May 30, 2025 9:28 UTC (Fri) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Interoperability can be aided through enshittification too by Wol
Parent article: Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet

E27 means it’s not too hard to find a bulb with good CRI and white point choice. GU10 is second and E14 even further. If you make the mistake of buying anything with built-in led or any other kind of micro socket you’re condemned to 80 (or even 75) CRI and yellowish 2700K white.

Stable standard API/sockets trump “better” experiments that lack the reach to form a diverse ecosystem.

Interoperability can be aided through enshittification too

Posted May 30, 2025 14:26 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

> E27 means it’s not too hard to find a bulb with good CRI and white point choice.

The number of people who don't even realise there is a white point choice (and why it's important), though ...

Our study had "cold white" bulbs, until we re-purposed it as a bedroom (at which point I was scrounging around for warm white bulbs to swap it with). Now it's pretty much just the room I use as an office that has cold white bulbs.

So I don't think most people would notice the lack of choice. But when you need it, you most definitely need it ...

Cheers,
Wol