I feel the exact same way; I'm not epileptic but I avoid media that knowingly contains rapid flashing lights out of precaution, and I look away or scroll down whenever I do come across rapid flashing lights.
I'm glad that Apple has made flashing light detection and auto-dimming technologies more available. It's amazing, in a sad way, how so many people are still unaware of the dangers of certain flashing light patterns, which leads to incidents continuing to occur. I personally only know about such dangers because I'm a long-time Pokémon fan since the English dub started airing in 1998; to this day the only episode of the Indigo League era I haven't watched is the infamous Porygon episode (only aired once in Japan) that had a flashy battle scene that sent about 700 people to the hospital. Yet even with this high-profile incident, I've heard some people say the incident was an urban legend until I told them otherwise, and there have been incidents in other media. There needs to be more awareness about the dangers of flashing lights so that way media creators and broadcasters can avoid them or mitigate their risks.
I'm glad that Apple has made flashing light detection and auto-dimming technologies more available. It's amazing, in a sad way, how so many people are still unaware of the dangers of certain flashing light patterns, which leads to incidents continuing to occur. I personally only know about such dangers because I'm a long-time Pokémon fan since the English dub started airing in 1998; to this day the only episode of the Indigo League era I haven't watched is the infamous Porygon episode (only aired once in Japan) that had a flashy battle scene that sent about 700 people to the hospital. Yet even with this high-profile incident, I've heard some people say the incident was an urban legend until I told them otherwise, and there have been incidents in other media. There needs to be more awareness about the dangers of flashing lights so that way media creators and broadcasters can avoid them or mitigate their risks.