why it was adopted in the USSR – Various
During the times of the Soviet Union, there was a common practice of wrapping remote control panels in a package or cellophane to supposedly protect and preserve their appearance.
There was even a joke that the TV had long since failed, and the remote control was still as good as new. It was believed that thanks to the bag or cellophane, it was possible to avoid erasing the symbols on the buttons, and even so, they did not remain greasy fingerprints. In addition, cellophane helped to protect against careless ingress of liquid.
However, as it turned out later, such a practice not only does not bring any benefit, but can also be dangerous for a person.
Soviet people were very thrifty, because in those days there was a terrible shortage of even the most necessary things, and therefore everything was treated with special thrift. So that the remote control…
