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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Personally, I want that light to have one purpose and one purpose only, which is to tell me when the camera is on. It should be hardwired into the circuit powering that front facing camera and not touched by software at all, otherwise you open up the risk of someone recording you with the indicator disabled.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I believe that's actually a legal requirement in some jurisdictions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't think of this use case of the light. I honestly just assumed that most cameras would be able to bypass the light and record you anyway because I have very little trust left in big tech companies. Either way with our screen advancements it should be possible to embed a small LED or use a small section of screen for notification lights.