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by sejje 336 days ago
Maybe you had a hard time parsing his comment.

He is capable of pressing twice as hard as the feature required at maximum. The screen handles 2x the maximum without issues. Therefore, the glass is thick enough to handle half that pressure,as required by the feature.

It's a good argument.

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As far as I know, the pressure is measured around the edge of the screen. If the screen is thin enough, it could bend when pressed and the pressure applied to the center of the screen can’t be properly measured. I don’t think the problem with a too thin screen is the screen breaking when pressing it.
For what it’s worth, I made the same parsing error upon first read.
stiffness != strength