This topic came up at a recent family get-together; everyone regretted the demise of incandescents and deplored the quality of the 'energy efficients' (EE).
I think the lack of competition will discourage innovation; so we're likely to be stuck with poor quality lighting for the forseeable future.
Personally, I've stock-piled a load of incandescent lightbulbs.
I expect I may be able to make a nice profit on my hoard in a year or two; and still have enough to see me through the next twenty years.
P.S. And another thing - my electricity supplier keeps sending me free EE bulbs to encourage their use. But they send the cheapest, nastiest ones they can find - how many thousands are going straight in the bin, and then off to the nearest landfill (mercury and all)?