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OT: I've noticed that my local Walmart has the GE bulbs. They are over in the lighting section, out on the shelves with the non-smart bulbs. If you want them, you just toss them in your cart and go pay for them at the regular checkout.

They also have smart bulbs by Philips, TP-Link/Kasa, and Merkury Innovations--and all of these are in a locked display over in the electronics section. If you want them, you have to find an employee in electronics to unlock the display and grab them for you, and then you have to pay for them at the checkout in electronics. They won't let you just toss them in your cart and pay at the regular checkout.

Finally, they also have some Monster smart light products, which are in the electronics section, but not in a locked display, so you can buy them without assistance.

I have not been able to figure out any good reason for the different smart bulbs to be in different sections like this, or for some to be locked up and some not.