Why does every small appliance or useful home electronics item have the BRIGHTEST LEDs in them?

I bought a new fan for our bedroom Sunday. It has 4 speed settings, and LEDs to display which setting you’re on.

Just like every other electrical device in our bedroom, I had to cover the LEDs with electrical tape because they are TOO DAMM BRIGHT. That one light was more than bright enough for me to see in the room with all the lights off.

I can’t sleep well if there’s a lot of light like that, especially blue light, and it’s like every fucking electronics manufacturer used the same extra bright blue LEDs.

All of our power strips have them. Same brightness.

The fans have them.

Don’t even get me started on digital clocks and the plague of bright LEDs that they bring about

Many charging plugs have them built into the plug itself.

Even some fucking light switches have them now!

I have about 6 different things in our bedroom that have electrical tape over their completely unnecessary LEDs.

Why has this become such a common thing? Is this really something most people want? To have a room that is never actually dark even with the lights turned off?

  • @Sarcastik
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    1511 months ago

    I literally travel with a roll of black electric tape for this exact reason.

    • Sebeck0401
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      1311 months ago

      No officer, I use it to cover the lights on electronics in my hotel room. Honest!

      • Jon Von Basslake
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        511 months ago

        I mean, just carry a small roll of it, not one that’s like an inch or two wide…

    • Xeelee
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      111 months ago

      Thanks for reminding me. Gotta pack that for my next holiday.