I am sad they go with the health angle. There is no evidence that suggest backlit or blue light are any more damaging for the eyes than a piece of paper with the same text. It's focusing that strains the eyes.
> Long hours staring at digital screens leads to decreased blinking. Blinking less sometimes causes a series of temporary eye symptoms known as eye strain. But these effects are caused by how people use their screens, not by anything coming from the screens. The best way to avoid eye strain is to take breaks from the screen frequently.
> The amount of light coming from a computer has never been demonstrated to cause any eye disease.
Lots of people are bothered by the backlight on their monitor. Lots.
Eye strain != eye disease, or eye damage. A parallel, is you can strain a muscle, and it will be find in a few days with light use.
This is precisely how many feel, when "over exposed" to endless bright light in their eyes.
I looked at their product page, and did not see anything about "permanent damage to your eyes!", but... I certainly could have missed that.
Sadly, I'm being forced to defend a company I dislike greatly, for their phone-home-to-china firmwares in other boox products. I can only imagine what any accompanying software they may include, to auto-adjust/etc the monitor, will entail.
Anecdotal but I consider it absolutely farcical that you could claim using an e-ink is no better for your eyes. I can literally feel the difference when using my ereader.
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/are-computer-...
> Long hours staring at digital screens leads to decreased blinking. Blinking less sometimes causes a series of temporary eye symptoms known as eye strain. But these effects are caused by how people use their screens, not by anything coming from the screens. The best way to avoid eye strain is to take breaks from the screen frequently.
> The amount of light coming from a computer has never been demonstrated to cause any eye disease.