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by wil421 806 days ago
Not it’s not at all. Do you turn a computer or tv off by pulling the cord? No, you turn it off by a switch/button or in the GUI if it has one. I’m from the US.

If you had a stero system at your house you would not pull the cord to turn it off. Wow.

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Some places/people have a concern (complex?) about standby or parasitic power draw.