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Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by inamberclad on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:10PM (#17537360)
That automatic display makes me think about the bad experiences I have with the hardcoded adaptive contrast on my XPS-13 9350. It makes it unusable for pro grade photo editing since the features can't be turned off and the monitor therefore can't be calibrated. In addition, when trying to use the nightlight feature of the new gnome stack, the color temperature swings wildly with subtle color changes on the page caused by things such as scrolling, or highlighting text.
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by JBorrow on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:18PM (#17537392)
You can turn true tone off in the settings.
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by inamberclad on Monday July 16, 2018 @12:06AM (#17538701)
I don't think that's the case on the XPS-13 9350 with the FHD (1080p) display.
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by h4waii on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:31PM (#17537710)
There is a hack to disable this for the FHD matte 9350. I applied it to mine, and it's successfully disabled.

Your mileage might vary, there are a few different panels apparently.

https://github.com/advancingu/XPS13Linux/issues/2

Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by inamberclad on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:22AM (#17539168)
There's a whole bunch of things in that thread, which one is the hack?
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review by prolikewh0a on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:26PM (#17537430)
I know Dell released a BIOS update that includes disabling DBC for my 13" 9370. Have you checked the most recent BIOS for a new setting that disables DBC on the 9350?