I don’t think it is a win, people would start rely on it, forget to turn it on in one of the hundreds of apps they use, and bam, seizure. That’s why I think it is better to implement it on an operating system level, one switch, done. If you think complexity is a win, feel free to go for it.
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I agree 💯, but the current implementation on iOS, and especially on Android, is currently very unreliable making it necessary for now
I don’t know if there is much you can do on a software basis, but the trend goes towards OLED displays which use pulse width modulation, which could be a problem for some people. So this is the real factor here, I am normally not susceptible to photosensitivity, but there was one particular Samsung TV i couldn’t look at, it was nauseating, I didn’t see any flicker but it didn’t feel right at all.