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  Uh, op said they haven't had to change a light switch in over 40 years.  Candles only last hours at best.  
  Silly comparison.
context: I kind of see your point. But.
  Normalizing things that support disabled people makes it easier and cheaper for disabled people to get ahold of things. Great example of that is OXO.
  Also, planned obsolescence is everywhere nowadays. If you wanted to you could make smart home tech that lasted 40 years and more too, after all the break in the circuit is basically the same. The only difference being that it's activated by a small voltage instead of a mechanical force. I'm pretty certain that if you nowadays just bought a normal light switch, it wouldn't last 40 years either. >
  
  OXO? >
  
  Oh, reddit didn't insert that link for some reason.
  Quick excerpt from Wikipedia instead then.
  
  OXO is an American manufacturer of kitchen utensils, office supplies, and housewares
  OXO was founded by Sam Farber, an entrepreneur in the housewares industry, and his son, John Farber.[...] Noticing that his wife, Betsy, who suffered from mild arthritis in her hands, was having difficulty gripping ordinary kitchen tools, he saw an opportunity to create more comfortable cooking tools that would benefit users. >
  
  Well, i still press the switch but it turns on 5 lamps at once. 
  And! I can tell my light to slighly turn on in the morning with a nice fade so i wake up short before my alarm would tear me from my dreams. >
  
  I have a smart light because I can program it to turn on before I wake up so when my alarm rings im woken up by both the alarm and the light. >
  
  Turning lights on and off when you are not home is good for security 🤷‍♀️ or if you don’t want to come home to a dark house >
  
  i have a $3 timer that does this >
  
  "electric light it introducing forced obsolesce into the home because people are too lazy to walk over and light their candles."
  see how silly u sound rn