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userbinator • today at 9:26 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

as the LEDs usually cannot be replaced,

They certainly can, with the right tools. A bag of bulk LEDs imported from China is surprisingly cheap.


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majormajor • today at 9:32 PM

Don't underestimate the ability to make it very difficult to non-destructively reach the actual LEDs in many of these devices in the name of being small or "stylish."