• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    The eye strain thing is a myth.

    I mean, reflected light is less harmful. We aren’t looking directly at the sun for it leaves ghost shapes even after we turn our head, but it’s lights’ reflections is what makes or eyes see. Basic e-Inks don’t emit light, some backlit it from the side, or from the back, but they are still more safe than displays that do work by emmiting light of some color directly to you, and there was a race to reach the wider angle they can do it too, for older devices had colors nearly inverted if seen from the sharp angle.

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      6 months ago

      Eye strain isn’t caused by light. It is caused by focusing on a single point for to long. You would get eye strain by staring at anything for long enough.

      It is also made worse by not moving the rest of your body. When you focus on your screen you aren’t focused on if your mussels need to move or be stretched.

      Eink displays don’t change anything. There were a few studies on eye strain and they found that light isn’t the cause.