I bought a computer monitor recently. When you turn it on, it's dimmed to 80% brightness or something with a message that pops up that says something like "in order to be compliant with Californication BS laws, this monitor has been set to 80% brightness. You can set it to 100% under settings."
F.lux regularly hard crashes (blue screens) computers, doesn't let you choose the sunset/sunrise times and the owners are the most self-righteous assholes I've ever interacted with from a customer service perspective. Use SunsetScreen instead if you want more controls and brightness dimming. Another good option is the Windows 10 built in Night Light paired with ClickMonitorDDC.
Dimming the screen through software like in SunsetScreen and F.lux is bad for your eyes though. Ideally you want to change the brightness from the monitor itself with either the buttons on the frame or using ClickMonitorDDC to change it from your keyboard and then change only the color using Night Light/SunsetScreen.
You might be lucky enough to avoid F.lux ruining your system, but I was stuck gaming at the absolute minimum settings on my $2200 system for over 6 months while I struggled to figure out what was constantly crashing my games after 10-20 minutes. It would even crash if I opened too many tabs. Instantly fixed by disabling f.lux.
Flux is better because of the wide customization and adaptation available. I think iPhones only dim to one brightness, but F.lux changes throughout the day
You can turn up the settings on your own as well. Max brightness is extremely bright on a lot of screens. I do agree it is stupid law though considering it has several workarounds and doesn't do anything meaningful to save energy.
I bought a computer monitor recently. When you turn it on, it's dimmed to 80% brightness or something with a message that pops up that says something like "in order to be compliant with Californication BS laws, this monitor has been set to 80% brightness. You can set it to 100% under settings."
As my eyes age I appreciate dimmed brightness settings more and more. This is okay with me.
Get f.lux, pede - it's a game changer. It's one of the first things I install on a new computer.
F.lux regularly hard crashes (blue screens) computers, doesn't let you choose the sunset/sunrise times and the owners are the most self-righteous assholes I've ever interacted with from a customer service perspective. Use SunsetScreen instead if you want more controls and brightness dimming. Another good option is the Windows 10 built in Night Light paired with ClickMonitorDDC.
Dimming the screen through software like in SunsetScreen and F.lux is bad for your eyes though. Ideally you want to change the brightness from the monitor itself with either the buttons on the frame or using ClickMonitorDDC to change it from your keyboard and then change only the color using Night Light/SunsetScreen.
You might be lucky enough to avoid F.lux ruining your system, but I was stuck gaming at the absolute minimum settings on my $2200 system for over 6 months while I struggled to figure out what was constantly crashing my games after 10-20 minutes. It would even crash if I opened too many tabs. Instantly fixed by disabling f.lux.
My Mac already has that feature. iPhones have it as well.
Flux is better because of the wide customization and adaptation available. I think iPhones only dim to one brightness, but F.lux changes throughout the day
Windows 10 does too. It's called night light.
Then turn down the settings on your own. What the fuck man?
You can turn up the settings on your own as well. Max brightness is extremely bright on a lot of screens. I do agree it is stupid law though considering it has several workarounds and doesn't do anything meaningful to save energy.
Funny, as I age I need MORE light. Preferably bright white