• nik9000
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    17 hours ago

    Looks like it’s mostly a UK, Australia, and New Zealand thing.

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      11 hours ago

      I’m in NZ and I’ve always hated it. Someone always goes and switches them off, and they’re totally unnecessary when every device already has its own switch

      • gaiussabinus@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        In Canada and the US its considered a light fixture for the purposes of light for an area to have a switched outlet. You are supposed to plug a stand lamp in, in that area that can be controled by the switch. That’s how you can have a living room or hallway in a house with no light fixtures and dark as all hell.

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          15 hours ago

          That’s still a wall switch that’s wired to an outlet. Some countries have switches on every outlet just built into them.