A video on the Phoebus cartel / light bulb conspiracy and why it's a stretch to call it a conspiracy (Patreon)
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Oh boy.
So, one of you lovely lot suggested this video topic by way of asking a question - apparently I touched on this once in a video (can't remember which one, honestly!) and I called the conspiracy partly a myth. Well, here's a long explanation on why that's the case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY
As I say in the beginning, I feel a little weird covering this. But, on the other hand, this story gets told sans context far too often. Is this a debunking video? Eh... maybe? If anything it's closer to the format war videos - dispelling a widely-held notion with historical context. It just feels more than a little weird being like "the cartel was right, actually"
Oh, and to anyone who might be headed to Open Sauce this weekend - I hope to see you there!