But by going against the rules they have forced apple's hand, and we are better off for it... if their medical claims are correct, they've actually prevented some number of DEATHS by breaking an app developer license agreement.
I find it hard to fault them when I look at it like that.
We don't know if Apple was already developing this before the November kerfuffle. It doesn't look good, even if Apple has been working on it for 3 years.
But again, because for some reason I had to say this last time too:
DEATHS?
Can we avoid obviously hyperbolic statements? I seriously doubt they could ever prove that.
Did you read the article? Link between sleep / blue light and cancer rates. When dealing with billions of people, small forces can cause big numbers...
Clearly the HN hive-mind agrees with you that I'm being to hyperbolic, but downvotes aside I think there's a strong argument that this is so easy that even a very minor health benefit would mandate adding it to every device everywhere.
I find it hard to fault them when I look at it like that.