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Masking tape it's going to be then. It's interesting how such design choices really highlight the lack of design that happens with most products, consumer, pro,
by mnm1 6y ago
Masking tape it's going to be then. It's interesting how such design choices really highlight the lack of design that happens with most products, consumer, pro, or otherwise. My tv has a red led that is on when the tv is off. Clearly not a single second of actual thought was given to this design. I don't need a light to tell me the screen is off. Almost all appliances with a light are the same way. Designed completely without thought to their practical use and consequences. Now that we know about the negative effects of light, energy saving led bulbs look extremely unattractive. I'm definitely not going to fill my house with them just to save a few bucks and contribute a minuscule and irrelevant reduction in greenhouse gasses. Apple used to be egregious with their lighted Apple logo on the back of its laptops. Talk about unnecessary bothersome light. Sony and their PlayStation controllers with interminable bright blue light is another example. And then there's the thousands of other manufacturers who just copy designs without a single thought to how they might negatively affect the user. On the plus side. Sonos lets me turn off the light on their speakers and it's a very dim white light to begin with but a blessing indeed.
- northwest65 6y agoYes yes and yes. I have a box of cheap self adhesive dots for the purpose. They're so cheap that the average blue light bleeds through them slightly, so anything I actually do want to have an indicator I use one for, everything else gets two. I always assumed those Apple logos were just using the screen backlight rather than utilising an additional LED just for the logo.
- perilunar 6y agoYeah they are. If you have sun shining directly on the back of the screen you can see the apple logo on the screen as the sunlight passes through the backlight.