routerg0d t1_j7mkmpc wrote on February 7, 2023 at 9:53 PM

The island and notch are eyesores when watching videos. It’s like a dead pixel you can’t not stare at it.

LORD_CMDR_INTERNET t1_j7n4thi wrote on February 8, 2023 at 12:13 AM

…Said no one ever that actually uses an iPhone. 16:9 content doesn’t stretch anywhere near that width. Even the widest cinema formats don’t touch it. And if for whatever reason you zoomed wayyyyy in to fill the screen (you would never do this), your brain tunes it out instantaneously.

cmVkZGl0 t1_j7mrxcb wrote on February 7, 2023 at 10:42 PM

Your video players are supposed to be smart enough to have an option to extend just to beginning of them

[deleted] t1_j7obdol wrote on February 8, 2023 at 5:56 AM

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jl_23 t1_j7pds5i wrote on February 8, 2023 at 1:44 PM

Very few people who’ve actually used a notched iPhone would think that it’s a valid criticism. Considering the video doesn’t have to extend to the notch, and it would show up as a slim black bar anyways so I’m not sure what the problem is exactly.

NotOsama123 t1_j7slh3p wrote on February 9, 2023 at 2:40 AM

It's a design critique... Not sure what the problem is with having different tastes exactly.

The_Troyminator t1_j807582 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM

It's a critique based off conjecture and not actual use. It's like leaving a negative review of a recipe based purely off what you think is going to taste like without actually making it.

I have an Android phone, but while it was at Samsung being fixed, I used an iPhone. The dynamic island doesn't interfere with videos anymore than any other punch hole or notch on any other phone.