I think it's funny that when I highlight an issue that millions of people using Apple's and other products out there complain about, I'm told
Millions of people complain about lots of things. And sometimes they are right, but sometimes they are wrong.
No, your expectations are wrong.
No, almost every camera will over-expose screens in such a way.
3. You over exposed the image
You didn't, the camera did.
4. You need to educate yourself on display technology
You don't need to, but it would help you have more realistic expectations.
When the truth is, I've had 20 Macs and 10 different displays over the years and none of them have ever had this issue.
Of course they didn't, no previous Mac had HDR 1600nit screens with 0% blacks. Every technology comes with downsides. For example, OLED doesn't have bloom, but it can burn-in with static content like window borders and icons. Or, another example, your 20 Macs with 10 different displays couldn't display true blacks or proper HDR highlights.
I have seen on lower quality displays when a zone is huge and lights up some of the screen with some white light (like a cheap TV when you turn the volume up on a dark picture and the volume indicator on-screen brightens that entire side of the screen) but on my Macs and Displays over the years, blooming was not an issue.
Literally every screen that has local dimming zones instead of self-emissive pixels has this issue. Lower quality displays probably have worse blacks, so the issue is not as pronounced. As I said - every technology has some downsides.
I only just noticed it when I got my iPad and thought the iPad was broken then googled it and learned what blooming was. I think it's worse on the MacBook Pro.
The fix is not running apps in true-black mode. But for the record, the 27" iMac and 13" MacBook Pro this M1 MaxBook is replacing did not have this issue and I ran Reeder in exactly the same true black UI.
My gripe isn't with Apple or with MiniLEDs it's with the post on MacRumors where people said it's no longer a problem.
A problem is a relative term. Personally, I don't consider this blooming a problem, because I know what I'm getting in return.
I think it depends on your use case. Like I said, I'm going to adjust my usage where I don't run apps in true black. That solves the issue for me but, given it wasn't an issue on my previous MacOS machines, it means MiniLED is not ready for primetime
It's either that or gray blacks and no HDR. Take your pick. Personally, I would rather have true blacks and 1600nit highlights. Apple thinks so too, and I assume the majority of content creators and people who enjoy HDR and Dolby Vision.
MiniLED is as good as its going to get - it's *not* going to get better in this regard. Apple could change the dimming algorithms which would reduce blooming but crush detail.
or shouldn't have been rolled out because this is a regression for my use case (blooming on all black apps).
I'm not going to return the computer, I'm just going to adjust how I use it.
I know "you're holding it wrong" is a thing, but in this case, this is not a limitation of the design, this is a limitation of the available technology. And there is only one other technology that can offer this level of contrast and that is OLED. And that comes with its problems. I could only imagine your post when that thing started to burn in the menu bar on the screen
You'll have to educate me instead of making fun of me. Please link me to a place that talks about why max brightness is bad? I'd rather learn something than go around in circles because so far you've just told me it's bad but not why it's bad. I'm sitting here at max brightness right now and don't have any issues.
Max brightness is not bad, feel free to use it.
