> I don't understand why people are so upset about this
Because in an office all it takes is one cleaner or coworker to not know to leave that display alone and they could damage your expensive display.
Because in an office all it takes is one cleaner or coworker to not know to leave that display alone and they could damage your expensive display.
Anecdote: Our state capitol dome was being renovated. Involved slowly sanding off 150 years of accumulated lead paint with respirators. Tedious, hot, cramped work.
They were told under no circumstances to use a torch (the usual way of removing layers of heavy paint) to melt the accumulation off. Because of very dry wood etc, it was a fire hazard.
During lunch break, one new guy thought that was silly, got a torch, went back up to try it and prove to everybody it was really the best way.
Of course, the wood heated up, the shredded-cellulite insulation inside the wall caught fire.
We lost the entire capitol dome to the resulting conflagration. (The well-meaning worker survived).
So, even intelligent creative people (especially so maybe) can do dumb things. Because they think they know better.
Presumably, Apple didn't use this fragile coating just for the heck of it. They chose this coating because it was the only way to make this monitor to perform in the way they wanted. Should Apple have just made a worse monitor because the coating is fragile?
(BTW, we don't know what will actually happen if the screen is cleaned improperly. The monitor won't necessarily become an instant piece of junk.)
This isn't a regular display. It's a super-expensive professional instrument. The only people buying this are going to be photo editors, Hollywood people, graphic artists, etc.
To me, it makes more sense to include or offer a dust cover (presumably lined with the same material as the special cloth) to put on it when it's not in use.