Automatic brightness has always been way too bright for me. I suspect most people, automatic or not, have their brightness set entirely too high.
Maximum brightness on modern devices is meant to counter direct sunlight. I use my phone screen at maximum brightness as a psuedo flashlight at night sometimes if I don't want a proper light.
You don't need that much power most of the time.
It takes a fraction of a second to adjust your screen brightness. Set it to maximum and minimum, see how they feel.
Unless you are sitting outside in direct sunlight, maximum probably burns your eyes a little. Minimum might be unreadable if you aren't in a well lit room, depends on the device. Now that you have an actual baseline, go find the happy middle.
I'm writing this on 1% brightness on a modern laptop in a moderately sunlit room with no issues.
When in doubt, I favor lower brightness. It saves battery and doesn't blast my screen to everyone around me. I've been hit by other people at maximum brightness a few times. It's obnoxious.
Consider the rest of the lighting around you.
The overhead light is wrong for most rooms. But is it too bright or too dim?
Get a little nightlight instead of fumbling around in the dark for your phone.
A desk lamp for late nights instead of the overhead light can work wonders.
Open your windows more. More sunlight makes a room feel lived in.
Light is the most basic way we perceive the world. It shouldn't be static. You don't have to stick with the defaults you were given.
Play a little.
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Nightly Notes
I would have more to say about normal lighting if I had more control over it.
We make do with what we have.
Anyway.
I'm done, but I'm not really happy with this, but I don't know how to express it more articulately.
I don't really have much to say today.
Maybe tomorrow.
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