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> A light also has the advantage of being a skeuomorph

Unless you’re my TV and it’s completely backwards for some reason.




The standby light on a TV in on for standby and off when viewing because a) it could be distracting and annoying for the extra LED to be shining while viewing in a darkened room, and b) the "on" state should be pretty obvious because of the stuff on the screen.


And also, putting the TV in standby mode is an offense punishable by a denial of darkness attack.




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