That's if the LED's fixture aren't totally sealed in so you have to chuck out the entire fixture.

That's the worst case scenario...

There are domestic fittings I don't like, though. We have a floor lamp which we got from our friend, it works well, but the LED in it is not replaceable. When it dies, the whole fitting is scrap. That to me is waste, and I hate waste.

Me to, and I love those little stickers that say no user serviceable parts inside, so when there is an issue I get out the warranty violator (leatherman tool) and start taking it apart and for the most part they are fixable, it's just not as easy as screwing in another bulb...   

My warranty violator is a big hammer...  

I much prefer the softer glow of SOX/HPS lighting, as it is soothing on the eye at night time, a human's night vision is monochromatic, so having a full spectrum glare bomb is pointless. Seeing a car coming towards you is much better than knowing that the car you just hit because of the glare was red.

When it comes to replacing EoL fittings LED at its worst means replacing the whole fixture and at its best you would have to isolate the supply,  go up in a cherry picker, unscrew at least 4 screws, then you can put a new LED element in and replace the screws.

Compare that to SOX/HPS, with them when it gets to EoL all you need to do is isolate the supply, go up in the cherry picker unclip the bowl, replace the lamp and clip the bowl back in place. All done in a fraction of the time.

I have to say though, I think LED is much easier on the eyes than HID, after 40 years of sodium lighting, I do prefer seeing our town back in white again, at night, like the MBF night of the 70s I remember as a kid.
 

Unless something on the gear tray has died? , most, decent commercial LED lanterns are driver and diode changeable just like any HID lantern is gear and lamp changeable, so theres not a lot of difference.

I have to say though, I think LED is much easier on the eyes than HID, after 40 years of sodium lighting, I do prefer seeing our town back in white again, at night, like the MBF night of the 70s I remember as a kid.
 

I won't be happy if they decide on using white light where I live. I'm so used to having SOX lit roads where I live and love their yellow glow.

LEDs are best for stage lighting this also goes along with the color changing LED bulb
Anything else I think is stupid (My opinion)

We have had LPS lighting here as far back as the early 60s, indeed I grew up with the change over from mercury lamps to SOX, it was also the LPS lamp that got me interested in lighting in the first place.
It must be an age thing with me though, I hate the colour of them now

I take our dog out at 5 each morning, and walking from LED lit roads to SOX lit roads just looks awful!, one of the reasons SOX was used at night, (apart from the 70s energy crisis), is the human eye achieves a higher visual acuity under its light, this was one of the first things I remember reading about them years ago.

However I do find myself questioning this now!, as I have always had good eyesight until I turned 40, when it starts to go downhill! , but I can see so much more under 4000K of LED lanterns than I can under SOX now!,
due to LEDs sharper light.
For instance, a bush by a gate post in the distance can look like a person standing there under 1800K of SOX, as they make everything look a dark black/grey, (Ash, my slightly antisocial German Shepard doesn`t really do random people standing in gateways early in the morning darkness), so I usually cross the road to avoid a nasty surprise!.

This situation improved slightly with HPS lamps, but a bush/person under LED looks like a bush/person as your eyes can see what it really is in white light!
As for not wanting to lose SOX street lighting, sadly there will be no choice in another 3 years, as there just won`t be any made to keep using!

Your right about the `council bean counters` Sammi, but I`d be interested to know what make/model of LED street lighting they have started to install in your area, that make them so bad?
Our council tested just 3 lanterns in different roads last year, No1 the DW Kirium, (just nasty shocking glare bombs)!, No2 Urbis`s Ampara, (ugly and with a tendency to let water in)!, and No3 Philips`s Uni-Street.

Philips won , and no surprise really, as the Uni-Street is perfection as far as LED lanterns go, good output, good colour, not glarey, and their a smarter design on the end of the poles than all the others.
This time last year Cheshire East started to fit them in mass, and now their almost done, out of a 100% SOX lit streets in my town, we have just 7 SOX left in service, and 3 SON!

Yes, in that application they work well, but there are some places that LEDs should never be used.