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Wasn't the issue with incandescent lightbulbs more that they were (at least for a time) not as long lasting as their older counterparts, or that they'd generate less light? In that sense, people were more interested in a better product on a quality level than they were on the eco credentials of said product.

And that sort of thinking applies in a lot of other fields too, and often explains why products which are bad for privacy, not open source, centralised, walled gardens, seemingly poorly coded, etc do well. Because for most people, privacy is seen as less important than good UX/UI design and ease of use.

That's one of the big problems both the environmentalist and open source communities have to deal with; often their alternatives are (at the moment) worse for the average user/consumer, and they're not gonna sacrifice quality/ease of use/whatever over some philosophical message.