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What makes you think it's not just filthy?

by ebg13 6y ago

_qulr 6y ago
Because I own a MacBook Pro that has developed Staingate twice (the second time after a screen replacement). If you've ever seen it IRL, it's obvious.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  The laptop in the video just looks like how my screen gets when too my fingers have been on it.
  - _qulr 6y ago
    > The laptop in the video just looks like how my screen gets when too my fingers have been on it. When do your fingers ever get on the bottom left corner of the screen, for example? That's classic Staingate and not an area you would touch the screen.
    - hombre_fatal 6y ago
      That's something I ask myself every time I'm cleaning my monitor. How is there a fingerprint anywhere on it much less inexplicably in the corners? Also, sometimes the act of cleaning doesn't get off all the grime and pushes a residual layer around which you don't notice until sunlight or when snapping a pic. Never had issues with the coating itself bubbling or coming off. Just saying, the laptop in the video looks potentially inside the realm of grime (where I live and hold scepter).
      - _qulr 6y ago
        > That's something I ask myself every time I'm cleaning my monitor. How is there a fingerprint anywhere on it much less inexplicably in the corners? The bottom left corner of a monitor is the first place I touch it in order to adjust its position. The critical difference is that a monitor doesn't have a computer body attached to it perpendicularly at the bottom. The ergonomics are completely different.
    - ebg13 6y ago
      > When do your fingers ever get on the bottom left corner of the screen, for example? I just checked. Apparently all the time. Finger oil smears on my laptop screen are completely evenly distributed across the entire area. The screen in the video looks to me exactly like smeared oil and residue that was wiped only perfunctorily
- bartvk 6y ago
  Nowadays, I buy a screen protector together with a new MacBook. I've never experienced staingate but I did see how dirty keys ate into the coating of the screen.

What makes you think it's not just filthy?

by ebg13 6y ago

What makes you think it's not just filthy?

Because I own a MacBook Pro that has developed Staingate twice (the second time after a screen replacement). If you've ever seen it IRL, it's obvious.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
The laptop in the video just looks like how my screen gets when too my fingers have been on it.
- _qulr 6y ago
  > The laptop in the video just looks like how my screen gets when too my fingers have been on it. When do your fingers ever get on the bottom left corner of the screen, for example? That's classic Staingate and not an area you would touch the screen.
  - hombre_fatal 6y ago
    That's something I ask myself every time I'm cleaning my monitor. How is there a fingerprint anywhere on it much less inexplicably in the corners? Also, sometimes the act of cleaning doesn't get off all the grime and pushes a residual layer around which you don't notice until sunlight or when snapping a pic. Never had issues with the coating itself bubbling or coming off. Just saying, the laptop in the video looks potentially inside the realm of grime (where I live and hold scepter).
    - _qulr 6y ago
      > That's something I ask myself every time I'm cleaning my monitor. How is there a fingerprint anywhere on it much less inexplicably in the corners? The bottom left corner of a monitor is the first place I touch it in order to adjust its position. The critical difference is that a monitor doesn't have a computer body attached to it perpendicularly at the bottom. The ergonomics are completely different.
  - ebg13 6y ago
    > When do your fingers ever get on the bottom left corner of the screen, for example? I just checked. Apparently all the time. Finger oil smears on my laptop screen are completely evenly distributed across the entire area. The screen in the video looks to me exactly like smeared oil and residue that was wiped only perfunctorily
bartvk 6y ago
Nowadays, I buy a screen protector together with a new MacBook. I've never experienced staingate but I did see how dirty keys ate into the coating of the screen.