irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down13
arrow-up1196arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square246fedilink
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoShe was just upselling, not actually knowledgeable. They filter some blue spectrum, not the whole color blue.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·1 year agoThey literally have no blue light filter in them. It was just marketing snake oil. I don’t even know why they do that. Who would want that in their glasses?
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI thought it was a coating, like what they use to filter UV light. I have Theraspecs that do it, but those are sunglasses.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoIf it’s a UV filter, they should call it a UV filter, not a blue light filter. If it doesn’t filter blue light, then it’s not a blue light filter.
She was just upselling, not actually knowledgeable. They filter some blue spectrum, not the whole color blue.
They literally have no blue light filter in them. It was just marketing snake oil. I don’t even know why they do that. Who would want that in their glasses?
I thought it was a coating, like what they use to filter UV light. I have Theraspecs that do it, but those are sunglasses.
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If it’s a UV filter, they should call it a UV filter, not a blue light filter. If it doesn’t filter blue light, then it’s not a blue light filter.