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I'm really unconvinced that this continues to be a current problem, and the Wikipedia article is definitely not clear on this. If there are recent examples of this that are clearly documented, it would be great to see some good hard data or sourcing, either here or perhaps the Wikipedia article's talk page.

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In the introductory paragraph, at the very top of the Wikipedia article, citation included:

"As of 2013 the problem seems to have receded, with the last major surge of complaints being reported in 2010.[7]"'

[7] http://www.ronhoutman.com/the-capacitor-plague-strikes-again...

The estimate of 2007 being the end of it assumes the devices were plugged in and being used the whole time, right? I still see bad caps happen at some of our clients, but they are old machines that aren't powered on all the time...

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