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by wlesieutre 1038 days ago
Nobody does it that way in screw-base retrofit bulbs, but there's a whole world of commercial lighting where constant current is pretty widely used.

Drivers from vendors such as Tridonic https://www.tridonic.com/en/int/product-finder/led-drivers?f...

Advantages include lack of flicker and more reliable LED boards (hardly any components except for the LEDs). Drivers still fail, but it's nice to have them be a replaceable part.