Irelephant@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?message-squaremessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down13
arrow-up1196arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?Irelephant@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·7 months 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-up9·7 months 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-27 months 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.
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.