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PWM is a real concern that impacts, say, 10% of the population, and probably only 0.1% are aware of it. It's been a growing, silent epidemic due to a very clear
by notfed 2y ago
PWM is a real concern that impacts, say, 10% of the population, and probably only 0.1% are aware of it. It's been a growing, silent epidemic due to a very clear culprit: OLED screens, particularly on cell phones.
Phone manufacturers know that OLED screens cause eye strain, and they've tried to mitigate it, but it's still sort of an unsolved problem that phone manufacturers haven't prioritized. For the most part, they tend to prioritize making the problem worse over time.
A quick intro to the topic: https://flickeralliance.org/pages/about-flicker https://flickeralliance.org/pages/about-flicker
Personally, I am grateful to have an LCD laptop (the MacBook M2 Air's screen is a godsend), and I hope more people would recognize OLED PWM as the source of their eyes strain and complain about it, so that manufacturers change their priorities.