Blueface
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tzimisce said:I think people can make up their own minds about whether they want a screen protector or not, but to merely dismiss it as "useless" or "a waste of money" is patently failing to understand the reasons why others choose to use one.
Um, despite your quotation marks I don't think anyone has dismissed screen protectors as "useless" or a "waste of money"?
The thread is about whether the OP should or shouldn't use a screen protector. Some are putting the case for one, some are putting the case against. Neither side should, or has, said that they are either indispensable or pointless.
And I don't see that saying 'it's never happened to me before' is so illogical. Of course it's pretty stupid when it comes to something like wearing a seatbelt. But life is about balancing and assessing risks. For someone to say that they believe the risk of damage is low, and that their assessment has thus been borne out by their experience thus far, isn't illogical - especially when some people have reported scratches occurring within days. In that context, it's far more logical to question what the different people are doing differently, as it if were truly that easy to scratch an iPad screen then all of us without screen protectors would have scratched ours.
My issue is mainly with the look and feel of a screen protector. If, as someone said above, there really is a screen protector that doesn't change the feel of the iPad and make it feel plasticy, then that might convince me to get one. But I'm not going to lose any sleep over not having one because Apple clearly went to a lot of effort to scratch-proof their screens and I generally trust their designers to be thorough.
Very well said.
Thank you.
Would like to just add to what you said in support of my post.
I wonder why it is that in an opinion thread, if one's opinion does not coincide with someone else's, labeling takes place?
Following what has been indicated to be more "logical" thinking than mine, I suppose since the thought is because it never happened does not mean it won't, I should then go out and immediately purchase my funeral and burial. After all, because I haven't died in 52 years does not mean I won't immediately die.
Man, I can't help but crack up with public forums.
I have been enlightened and following that line of thinking further that just because it hasn't happened does not mean it won't, I think I will not leave home anymore. After all, in 52 years I haven't been hit by a car but if I leave, I just may.
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