GE to Stop Production of the CFL

[hatidua]

Maybe I'm missing out on something: why were these apparently hated so much? The light quality?

I can't speak for others but the quality of fluorescent light, regardless of which temperature bulb (daylight/warm white deluxe, cool white, etc), is awful. LED's, while still not <yet> nearly the quality of incandescent/halogens, are much more tolerable.

A decade ago, the various bulb companies and enviro-weenies were all pushing CFL's. Now the same people are pushing LED's. It will be interesting to see what bulb technology is being pushed in 2026. While I've converted 90% of the house to LED's for economic reasons, I bought two cases of incandescent spot bulbs for my office - if I have to sit in a room for hours at a time I might as well like how it's lit.