[Elsie]

If it was economically advantageous to buy the newfangled bulbs, people would do so without coercion.

The first LED lamps were INSANELY expensive!!

Now the price is dropping quite fast, and I have picked a few to use in places that are difficult gain access to replace the bulb.

[BitWielder1]

The first LED lamps were INSANELY expensive!!

Yes. That is always the case with new technology.
Once they refine the process and ramp up more production lines, the price goes down.
The first flat screen TV's ran in the 10 thousands.
Now you can get 50 inch units at Walmart for 500 or so.
Imagine if we all had been forced by government decree to buy new TV's back when they were super expensive and hard to get. And not very good.
When people buy voluntarily, the manufacturers have to bring the price down to get business.
When people are forced to buy, they can keep charging outrageous prices.

The correct free market solution was not to outlaw incandescent bulbs, it was to leave the market wide open until the new lamps became more economical to the consumer.
People of means will pay $20 for a bulb in return for not having to change it for 20 years.
As the price comes down, more and more people will take that step.