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You're thinking of a capacitor, not a resistor. The varying voltage level of rectified AC causes the flicker, and a capacitor smooths out that varying voltage level to a smooth constant level eliminating the flicker. A resistor just reduces voltage/current, doesn't remedy the cause. There are 3 reasons some manufacturers don't put in capacitors; 1)it adds cost, 2) it takes up space, and 3)it decreases the reliability of the bulb because capacitors are prone to failure. The reason the color seems off is because the LED is deceiving your eyes into thinking you're seeing white, when in reality you are only seeing combined red, green, and blue. The intermediary colors are missing. Natural light is an almost-even distribution of wavelengths across the visible spectrum, LEDs simulates that with (extreme) peaks of narrow bands and the valleys are absent of light. Your eyes are fooled, but your mind knows that part of the data is wrong. Also, to reach equivalent brightness of natural light using only narrow bands, they must increase the intensity of the bands way past what they would normally be in a natural light... meaning that specific narrow bands are way more intense to compensate for the missing parts of the spectrum. In addition to being annoying and looking fake and gay, this is a danger to your eye health because of the blue pigment in LEDs. The blue pigment is the most energetic because the wavelength is shorter, meaning there is more energy than red... this over time damages the cones in your retina irreversibly. All of these headlights, streetlights, and "security" lights the world is embracing are slowly blinding us. I wear blue-blocking polarized sunglasses while driving at night to try and mitigate the danger. In addition, I have a tint-strip on the top of my car's windshield that comes down just enough to reach the horizon of my view, so that things above ground are dimmed to 5% and the road itself is unaffected. This helps a lot with reducing glare from cars and streetlights and lets me see the road better.

LEDs are even more dangerous at night, because your pupils dilate to adjust to darkness, and let more light in, increasing your retinal exposure to hazardous levels of unnatural light.

This is a graph showing the part of the electromagnetic spectrum related to sunlight, highlighting the visible portion, in natural daylight: https://velcdn.azureedge.net/-/media/com/deic/daylight/1-1/fig_1_1_1.jpg?h=783&iar=0&w=1280&cc=grid_6&key=153209092547702

This is just the visible spectrum, daylight: https://velcdn.azureedge.net/-/media/com/deic/daylight/1-1/fig_1_1_2.jpg?h=691&iar=0&w=1280&cc=grid_6&key=153209095371123

This is a halogen incandescent: https://velcdn.azureedge.net/-/media/com/deic/daylight/1-1/fig_1_1_3.jpg?h=691&iar=0&w=1280&cc=grid_6&key=15320909607203

This is fluorescent: https://velcdn.azureedge.net/-/media/com/deic/daylight/1-1/fig_1_1_4.jpg?h=691&iar=0&w=1280&cc=grid_6&key=153209097161261

And this is LED: https://velcdn.azureedge.net/-/media/com/deic/daylight/1-1/fig_1_1_5.jpg?h=691&iar=0&w=1280&cc=grid_6&key=153209097818243

Notice the huge blue spike in the LED compared to natural light.

I encourage everyone to do research on this issue and tell others.

Some other topics to research are: how flashing blue lights increase anxiety (pulsing LEDs anyone?), how blue light disturbs your circadian rhythm, how plant life is affected by artificial light, how artificial light changes animal behavior, how light affects your mental well-being, and studies on the retinal damage caused by the blue spectrum from LED sources.

I could sit here all night and write a book on this particular topic, but I have work in the morning. This is only one of many sections of the vast electromagnetic spectrum I have issues with. "They" are literally trying to make us suffer while they poison us to death.

The modern world is a disgusting abomination, and it just keeps getting worse, seemingly at an exponential rate.

Best ones I’ve seen. Still prefer incandescent.

Heat lamps exist. Unsure if it will produce too much heat for the area, but they seem to be useful for weak Californians that can't stand weather in the 30s.

Ceramic heat emitter. I use them for my animals. Screws in like a light bulb. https://www.amazon.com/BOEESPAT-Ceramic-Emitter-Reptile-Aquarium/dp/B088D59Z7R/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2NG34JV83XPYG&keywords=ceramic+heat+emitter&qid=1680569665&sprefix=ceramic+heat%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-3

This right here. With LED bulbs, you really have to pay attention to the quality, otherwise you will get issues like flickering and shortened lifespans. Unfortunately that does mean you'll have to pony up additional shekels, but hey, you get what you pay for.

When you say flicker, do you mean like pulsate on off , but hard to detect because going so fast? Or are talking about like an intermittent flicker?

We moved into this house 7 years ago, replacing all of the bulbs with "13+ year" LED bulbs at something like 4x the cost of incandescent. I know the flickering they're talking about; it happened with mine before they either died completely, or I just tossed them because I don't want to live in a goddamn rave.

My guess is the diodes on one side of the rectifier go bad. That said, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs don't have that issue (but both have other flaws). LEDs are good, but they have their glaring flaws. They're definitely not "must be legally mandated" good.

I had one blow up in my bedroom. Not a fan of mercury vapor clouds. Been purchasing LEDs since.

They still sell many incandescent bulbs in the decorative section. The decoration is getting the same light you used to. I dunno if OP is saying to change that or what.

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