EDIT: It seems this made it to HN. Is this my cue to Soatokify this article?

The NightOwl application has existed since 2018 and is used to automatically switch between light/dark modes on the operating system. It is an alternative to the built in macOS automatic mode which only switches when the user steps away from the computer.

However, the application has been bought out by “TPE.FYI LLC” in late 20221 that forcibly joins your devices into a botnet for use of market research, without your knowledge

  • @user_AW11
    2•1 year ago

    Mac user since 1995, why use the NightOwl app?

    Thx for the advice.

  • Gorejelly
    1•1 year ago

    TIL that humans somehow manage to last another 18,000 years…something I highly doubt. 18 years is pushing it.

    Also, I’m not a big Mac person, but you can have dark mode turn on and off at either sunrise/sunset or also set custom times yourself. I don’t know what that NightOwl app actually does (or used to do before the tomfuckery), but with those two options (as well as of course the ability to choose permanent light or dark mode), I don’t know what else you would be missing?