I wonder if the initial reports of the Huawei one will be different. Removing the plastic layer just for the sake of it is entirely PEBCAK though. Doesn't Samsung have a protective layer that is meant to be removed so that people aren't tempted to remove something that isn't meant to be removed?
Most things with screens come with some sort of plasticky covering that you're supposed to remove, though. I would absolutely assume that the peelable-looking film on my new phone is not a crucial component.
There's something to it though. If the screen protector is applied in a way that it doesn't reduce screen quality and doesn't start peeling off (again, reducing quality), there's really no reason to remove it.
Yet, people are conditioned to do it regardless, but I wouldn't really expect everyone to deliberate on something so simple as screen protector removal every time they see one.
To me, it paradoxically seems both as PEBKAC and a predictable outcome.
If it looks removable, people will remove it, thinking that something that looks removable is meant to be removed. That's just a fact and you just have to design around that behavior.
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I wonder if the initial reports of the Huawei one will be different. Removing the plastic layer just for the sake of it is entirely PEBCAK though. Doesn't Samsung have a protective layer that is meant to be removed so that people aren't tempted to remove something that isn't meant to be removed?
Most things with screens come with some sort of plasticky covering that you're supposed to remove, though. I would absolutely assume that the peelable-looking film on my new phone is not a crucial component.
Can multiple technically-minded reviewers thinking it's a screen protector really be deemed PEBKAC?
If they mess that up, an appreciable proportion of the general public will as well.
There's something to it though. If the screen protector is applied in a way that it doesn't reduce screen quality and doesn't start peeling off (again, reducing quality), there's really no reason to remove it.
Yet, people are conditioned to do it regardless, but I wouldn't really expect everyone to deliberate on something so simple as screen protector removal every time they see one.
To me, it paradoxically seems both as PEBKAC and a predictable outcome.
If it looks removable, people will remove it, thinking that something that looks removable is meant to be removed. That's just a fact and you just have to design around that behavior.