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worldsayshi

> having a procedure instead of a reset button is actually a smart idea

I can't think of any user friendliness benefit for this. Are you thinking about component cost?

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> allows you to reset bulbs in hard-to-reach places

They didn't have to remove the switch to do that

This way the bulb only has one form of input, current. It is far more basic and probably cheaper that way.

Reset all the bulbs in a room at once.

So one should expect many bulbs to need resetting at once? I would hope the need for resets would be very sporadic.

Well I would assume if you find yourself in a situation you need to reset a lightbulb in a light fitting, it's likely you would need to reset them all seeing as they're all being used for the same purpose/connecting to the same network.

You reset them because they stopped working correctly, otherwise you would reconfigure with an app or something. If you say one needs to reset them all, you mean that they have all broken.

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