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by HugThem 3145 days ago
The glossy screen is a showstopper for me.
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There are companies that professionally laminate screens with a (removable) matte screen protector.

Once you'll laminate a glossy screen, you'll never want to go back again.

I don't know in USA, but in Europe, a German company does it: http://www.tdcomponents.com/shop/displayschutz_laminierung.p...

The foil seems to cost around 40 EUR. What would be the total price to have them apply it for you?
That includes application; you'll need to add the shipping costs to your country.

Of course, you'll pay the shipment to the company.

I understand these work very well: https://www.moshi.com/ivisor-12#black

(I have this wonderful macbook too, but I got used to the glare, it's not as bad as previous glassy versions)

Screen protectors work well for any size, but they need to be applied with special equipment; it's already hard to apply them without imperfections on a 5", I can't imagine doing that on a 12".
The thing about glossy though is once you come out of the code editor and look at the finished product...ohhhh...it looks so good.