Confidentiality. Or porn. One of those things.

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    212 hours ago

    As someone with their phone set to the bottom third of the brightness spectrum almost always (unless I’m outside), I really don’t understand this. Brightness is perhaps my most adjusted setting, since I use it a half dozen times a day or so. In fact, brightness is the least interesting spec when looking at a device, since I rarely run at max anyway. In fact, my computer screen I use for work is usually at 50% brightness.

    How can people stand getting blasted with lumens all the time?

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      311 hours ago

      As someone who finds that most “dark mode” offerings aren’t dark enough, I don’t understand how they can tolerate it either. I suspect it’s rather like spicy food: given enough exposure, you don’t notice it’s spicy (or bright) until reaching a level far above what people who aren’t exposed to it on a constant basis would think was acceptable.

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        211 hours ago

        I like that analogy, because I love spicy food and many things I consider “mild” are too hot for others.

        But surely exposing yourself to that much light causes actual problems like eye strain and poor sleep (esp. at night).

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          310 hours ago

          The thing is, would they make the connection? Some people aren’t very good at linking up cause and effect where the link isn’t practically screaming in their face.