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Just curious, do anyone not use this or similar functionality nowadays (in tech)?

I use them on my phone (which is the default and I didn't bother to change), but never get used to them on computer screens. I'm pretty sure if I give it more time I can quickly get used to, but just didn't see the appeal enough. I do have a yellow light in my room.

But then again I don't use dark mode either, so maybe I'm just a weirdo.



I don't use them on any devices. I don't ever want to look at my screen through a filter, or have colors distorted, any more than is unavoidable. If my eyes need a break, I'll take an actual break from the screen, rather than look at something distorted.

I also only use daylight bulbs in my house. "Soft white"/yellow bulbs give things a creepy feeling for me.


I don't use it at all. I sit in front of my computer monitor a minimum of 12 hours/day and don't have any problems with eye strain or sleeping.

I wonder if the people that like f.lux are also the same people that claim that light themes are blinding, because I'm of the opinion that if you find a completely white screen is blinding, then either your brightness is too high or you don't have enough ambient light in the room.


Same here. I used f.lux for a while, but the screen always got too dark/too reddish (on all but the lowest settings), straining my eyes and hurting my concentration.

In my experience itβ€˜s sufficient to adjust the display brightness to roughly match the ambient lighting; no need for blue-light filtering.




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