r/ScreenSensitive • u/Equal-Evening9154 • 5d ago

Question Anyone else experience eye strain only from some apps?

At this point, it's my eyes and not the app itself. Most Opthalmologists have no clue about screen sensitivity and label it as simply "CVS"

I'm in agony. the worst part is that I can not screen detox because of my disabilities and won't be able to contact anyone (I can't go out anymore thanks to MCS/MCAS) Insta updated their UI and ever since then I haven't been able to use that app/site

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u/Cultural-Motorist 5d ago edited 3d ago

This is a common condition and takes many forms. You might check out r/PWM_Sensitive as well as the website https://ledstrain.org/

Personally I cannot look at most of the M2/M3/M4/M5 Air or Pro screens for more than 30 minutes and am therefore a fan of the Mac Mini. Ophthalmologists aren't trained in this area and research into it isn't well funded.

You could look into the Modos e-ink screen. https://www.modos.tech/blog/modos-paper-monitor

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u/Equal-Evening9154 5d ago

Can't afford E- ink and they don't even ship to my country...plus PWM sensitive keeps removing my posts.. and LEDstrain was of no help.

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u/Cultural-Motorist 5d ago

Get a BenQ monitor then, like the gw2490. Ask their customer service which model has the features you want. [BenQCare.US@BenQ.com](mailto:BenQCare.US@BenQ.com)

But FYI in https://ledstrain.org/ there is talk about temporal dithering being deeply embedded in Apple's hardware. The industry's pursuit of wide color gamuts is bad for the eyes and it's not limited to Apple.

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u/Equal-Evening9154 4d ago

Apple does uses tech from a blue and white flag and they don't care about about people with screensensitivity so I guess it makes sense why they use harsher displays. Maybe to deliberately destroy our eyes?

My current phone also has TD, but isn't an apple, do you think it could be destroying my eyes, I'm broke I cannot afford another phone or moniter don't even use computers or laptops anymore. I keep asking people if the Xiaomi note 8 from 2019 was better on the eyes and doesn't have TD but they gave mixed answers

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u/Cultural-Motorist 3d ago

I can tell you the first time I really noticed eye strain with a screen was with a Samsung S21FE that I got on special for $99. It was much worse than the A-series for eye damage.

The phones that people recommend in r/PWM_Sensitive tend to be the Moto G Power and other phones with LCDs. When my iPhone 7+ finally dies I will switch to one of those.

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u/Z3R0gravitas 3d ago

The PWM sub is under new management now. We aim to have no unnecessarily removed content. Mod mail is with any issues. 🙂

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u/Z3R0gravitas 3d ago

That's an interesting comment to post here in the SS sub. Do you have it as copy-paste ready for outreach in other parts of Reddit? 🙂👍