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Comment by PragmaticPulp

You can go buy high CRI, high quality bulbs right now. Nothing is stopping you.

Here is one common vendor: https://store.waveformlighting.com/collections/a19-bulbs/

The issue isn’t that MBAs have cost reduced bulbs for no reason. The issue is that 95% of consumers will only choose the cheap bulbs, period. As a result, that’s what gets produced at scale.

> We know how to mass-produce quality LEDs to the point entire TVs are made of the things.

They’re not the same thing. Displays are optimized for specific R, G, and B color points. White LEDs are optimized for full, smooth spectrums.

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