It doesn’t completely generalize that way. I have an old stereo which uses like 7W on standby. And an old pair or computer speakers which don’t really care if I press the button to turn them off. I mean that’s not the power brick, but the device after that, so a bit out of scope for this article. But if I weren’t unplugging them… 10W standby is 26€ a year and not just a few cents.
It doesn’t completely generalize that way. I have an old stereo which uses like 7W on standby. And an old pair or computer speakers which don’t really care if I press the button to turn them off. I mean that’s not the power brick, but the device after that, so a bit out of scope for this article. But if I weren’t unplugging them… 10W standby is 26€ a year and not just a few cents.