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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by vanilla_nut on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:02AM (#30588562)
Christ. Can you imagine reading on a max brightness iPad in a dark room? I put my ereader (an actual ereader with an e-ink screen, not “ereader as in electronic thing you read on with a laptop screen” as in the article) on the lowest brightness setting with natural orange-tinted light. And I still feel like it’s pretty bright!
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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by tejohnso on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:19AM (#30588778)
Same, and I can say at least for me, it unquestionably helps sleep, because I start to feel tired and go to sleep about 10 minutes after I start reading, whereas if I were to stay engaged with my desktop, I could easily stay up hours longer. I go to sleep earlier, and fall asleep faster, since adding my Kobo Forma to my evening routine.
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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by lbotos on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:18AM (#30588768)
Same, I often find my iphone in a dark room on lowest brightness to be too bright if the page doesn't support dark mode.
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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by nicoburns on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:36AM (#30588982)
There's an accessibility setting which you can use to further darken the screen. I have it set to toggle on a triple click of the home button.
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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by lbotos on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:00AM (#30589346)
Reduce Whitepoint? Seems to have that effect but not sure if that's the one you are thinking.
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Re:Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects... by jseutter on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:18PM (#30590500)
I think they're talking about the accesibility filters: https://9to5mac.com/2016/03/18/how-to-reduce-iphone-screen-b...

I used to use it daily just before going to sleep, but then found the app I read with has a white text on black background that I prefer. Using both at the same time makes it too dark for my eyes, which is a good problem to have.

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