• Azzu@lemm.ee
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    11 hours ago

    Germany. It’s just live all the time, because why wouldn’t it? If you plug something in, you want it to work. If you don’t want it to work, you either plug it out (which works just as well as a switch, with the same convenience), OR you use the switch at the appliance because why would you try to reach the hypothetical switch at the wall outlet if the wall outlet is behind a drawer, under a table, or whatever inconvenient place? I use my remote control to turn the TV on or off, I don’t physically walk to the wall power outlet.

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      6 hours ago

      I can’t turn my tv entirely off without cutting power to it because of the standby light. Same thing for my laptop. The switch is typically not hidden behind things because that is really annoying. Power switch in my room that I use is right next to my bed, can turn the light off without leaving bed.

      Things that don’t get moved don’t get unplugged because why bother when you hit the switch and it’s entirely off, and actually entirely off unlike what most of my devices do when ‘off’ but powered

      • Anivia@feddit.org
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        6 hours ago

        Keep in mind modern TVs have very low standby drain, and if it’s an OLED then unplugging it or turning off the outlet instead of letting it stay in standby will actually slowly break your panel