Once you’re doing resistive heating any resistive element is just as efficient as any other. Incandescent light bulbs have three advantages: They are cheap, easy to work with, and it’s really obvious when one is turned on.

As for your link, it’s talking about arguments about which books should be made available at school and local libraries. In no sense is that even related to the federal government banning books.

Does anybody use incandescent light bulbs as radiators?

Yes. I’ve done it personally a couple times.

Because it’s the only alternative use I can think of.

The thing about alternative uses is that they’re still real even if you can’t think of them.

Broad bans are a bad policy tool in general. Even if you believe in the progressive ideal of expert regulators making broad societal policies, a simple thought experiment shows the problem: What would it take to do the study to accurately determine all the negative effects of a ban? Not guessing, not wishful thinking, but really collecting and analyzing the information.

I wish people were as mad when books get banned, but sadly it’s not the case

When was the last time the US federal government banned a book?

Because imagining that someone might have a legitimate reason to want a product or service that a regulator might not have thought of is currently a “Republican” trait in the US.

What exempts small sites?

Why do you think that loophole won’t be closed in the future?

Or you know. Lemmy!!

Until Canada tries to enforce this law against Lemmy instances.

What other established constitutional rights would you support large institutions not respecting as long as they aren’t directly run by the state?

We’re literally talking about Meta here. The claim that their actions are those of an independent private company are about as credible as if Lockheed Martin were forcibly quartering soldiers (err… private military contractors) in people’s homes and claiming that wasn’t a violation of the 3rd amendment.