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Re: Polishing Cloth

#21
Shame the comments here are not discussing the reason for them selling a cloth.

The nano textured screen is easily scratched if you use paper towels or rough fabric. This just makes sure you have a material that is suitable.

Secondly, the compatibility is just so it appears in the filters, and it’s not really to say it’s for use with an iPhone 6.

Re: Polishing Cloth

#22
post #3

Disturbing lack of DRM. It should only be possible to polish apple devices with it. And, of course, any other polishing cloth should render these devices inoperable.

Apple themselves don't use DRM much, and their systems generally aren't closed, just opaque.

Re: Polishing Cloth

#25

I've always wondered why Apple doesn't make those, and some cleaning spray too: the screens they make are really sensitive, and expensive, and I bet people often leave unexpected marks on them by trying to clean up

I take it you haven't heard about Apple's long-standing problem with anti-reflective coatings flaking off their macbook screens. Just yet another defect they won't admit to publicly or do a recall over. You have to find out about the secret recall, before it's discontinued...

I know about this: I used the recall once on a 2014 mbp, but maybe should twice now since the replacement screen shows some signs too after a few years...

Re: Polishing Cloth

#26
post #14

I prefer the $99 cloth made by Monster. Their cotton is more pure and the cotton plants were exposed to classical music.

I expect it would be difficult to ascertain the difference between the monster one and a clothes hanger, unless you are real optiphile.

Re: Polishing Cloth

#29
post #14

I prefer the $99 cloth made by Monster. Their cotton is more pure and the cotton plants were exposed to classical music.

I'll hold out for the $299 version sold by an environmentally responsible coop run by legless Guatemalan orphans. For each napkin sold, they will plant a tree to reduce our carbon footprint (they themselves having no footprint).

Re: Polishing Cloth

#30
post #3

Disturbing lack of DRM. It should only be possible to polish apple devices with it. And, of course, any other polishing cloth should render these devices inoperable.

It only lists support for cleaning Apple displays actually
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