> Mercifully, subpixel has become less relevant over the years: retina displays really don't need it, and the subpixel layout on phones, prevents the trick from working (without major work). On newer versions of macos, subpixel-aa of text is disabled at the OS level by default.

Speaking of mercy, I wish Apple had disabled it only on hidpi displays and chosen a longer deprecation window for normal displays.

I prefer keeping displays at a distance slightly longer than my arm. This completely hides the slight blur of subpixel antialiasing.

Now a 1440p has significantly degraded text rendering (even though other graphics look great) and if you want to use an external display, it must be 4K or 5K to not get a blurry, thin mess.