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Comment by onion2k | Hacker News Reader

Most cases seem to be due to users mistakenly removing the permanent screen protection layer.

Let's not push blame on to the user. If the screen protection is so vital that the screen will fail within a day without it, then the problem is that the screen protection is removable and to easy to remove.

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The screen protector is an integral part of the screen. It's not that if fails later on without it, trying to remove it destroys the screen. It's like pulling the contacts out of a port and complaining that the phone won't charge.

The point still stands. If the screen protector is so vital, it shouldn't be removable, shouldn't look removable, shouldn't be an option to try to remove it, and instructions should be clear to not attempt to remove it.

> It's like pulling the contacts out of a port and complaining that the phone won't charge.

No, it's like taking the plastic covering off the screen when you remove your new phone from the packaging. Everyone is used to doing that with new phones. If this is not one of those temporary plastic covers then it should not look like one.

The screen protector should not be removable then.

Everything is removable if you are sufficiently stubborn.

It should be significantly more difficult to remove with bare fingers.

Also, it seems likely that the protector could peel off accidentally during ordinary use, even by users who know not to remove it.

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