I'm sad to see the glowing logo go. That was a defining element of MacBooks for me. Visually speaking, nothing really differentiates MacBooks from their Samsung/Dell/etc clones anymore.
It however also was a good way to separate polite people from the more mindless ones, depending on wether or not they put a sticker or other obstruction on it.
After attending a hackathon yesterday, I was going to cover my Mac with the stickers I picked up. But just for you, I'm going to leave the logo uncovered.
Would you refuse, i would not start a fight, but just look for another place or another way to block the view for myself.
If i was Santa Claus, you would however get no gift.
That sounds like a pretty heavy safe space invasion. I don't think I'd appreciate you talking to me about my hardware preferences.
Good job I'm upgrading to the latest MBP and upon receipt will cease the ongoing infliction of my selfish ways on the general public.
If you expect people to cover the logo on their laptops, I can only assume you keep your phone on silent and never, ever, ever answer it in public, because a ringing phone is far more distracting as is a phone conversation. For that matter, so is in-person conversation, so I hope you never hold conversations in public either.
Or put another way, calling a glowing logo a public disservice is ridiculous and if you believe it you're either a recluse or a hypocrite.
But I do try to check it regularly whenever I get the chance.
Initially I thought it was a step backwards, but now I don't miss it, and it helped to improve battery life on mobile devices too.