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I am of the opinion that anything with LED's in it should let me disable them if I want to. They use up juice and add extra light. You would not believe how much black electric tape I have used covering up LED's (For the things I don't feel like opening up to de-soldier them, or for the stupid devices that no longer will work if you remove the LED because of some stupid hardware or software constraint).

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>Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Linköping University in a study published in Nature Sustainability.

I am of the opinion that anything with LED's in it should let me disable them if I want to. They use up juice and add extra light. You would not believe how much black electric tape I have used covering up LED's (For the things I don't feel like opening up to de-soldier them, or for the stupid devices that no longer will work if you remove the LED because of some stupid hardware or software constraint). Archive: https://archive.today/ZOoKs From the post: >>Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Linköping University in a study published in Nature Sustainability.
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[–] • 2 pts 14d

They use up juice

LED Color Power Consumption
Red 36mW
Yellow 42mW
Green 44mW
Blue 64mW
White 64mW

Let's say there are 10 blue LEDs on the device:

10 * 64mW = 640 mW

640 mW * 24 hrs = 15.36 WH

15.36 WH * 365 days = 5606.4 WH

5.6 KWH per year * $0.1536 (average cost per KWH) = $0.86 per year

$0.86 cents per year

I don't think you'll notice the extra power consumption on your bill.

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[–] • 2 pts 14d

Its mostly for battery driven devices. Ex. Wireless headset. Just turning off all of the LED's in the control panel the battery lasts for days now not for like 8 hours. If I forget to plug it in to charge it still works the next day.

Also, I hate the "light pollution" at night when I want to sleep. LED's annoy the hell out of me.

[–] • 2 pts 14d

Quit your bitchin' and get a wired headset. No charging. No LEDs. No dropout.. Better sound.

[–] • 1 pt 14d

Just replaced my Bluetooth clippies with wired again. Forgot how good wired sounds.

[–] • 1 pt 14d

That's my pet peeve... light pollution