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In my experience, using a screen colour app just encourages me to use my phone more not less. Even with these apps a phone will still emit a large amount of blu

by spuz 11y ago

In my experience, using a screen colour app just encourages me to use my phone more not less. Even with these apps a phone will still emit a large amount of blue light and having the light source so close to my face I still notice it disrupts my sleep. If you believe using your phone late at night is harmful to you at all then why continue to maintain a that behaviour? Wouldn't it be much more beneficial to your health to avoid screens altogether at night? I'm not saying that it is easy but I believe it's a good healthy goal to aim for just like getting exercise and eating well. To your point about unhealthy eating habits I totally agree. I just don't see phone addiction normally talked about as often as diet and exercise which is why I wanted to mention it.

jacobolus 11y ago
> If you believe using your phone late at night is harmful to you at all If you’re asking about me personally, I don’t use a smartphone at night. I thought we were talking about what actions smartphone vendors could take to help their customers’ health. > Even with these apps a phone will still emit a large amount of blue light and having the light source so close to my face I still notice it disrupts my sleep. If you use f.lux on a Mac, you can make it incredibly orange almost completely blocking out the "blue" channel on the display. It also includes a "darkroom" mode which inverts the display colors and turns black text on white into red text on black.
icebraining 11y ago
If you believe using your phone late at night is harmful to you at all then why continue to maintain a that behaviour? Paraphrasing from one of your previous posts, "if you really have to question every action that might be harmful then you would never go outside, put anything in your mouth, go to the bathroom etc. Your question really only makes sense when considering activities that have a relatively high risk of harm in which case the answer has to come down to two things. Firstly how harmful is this activity? And secondly, how much harm am I willing to take?" If a bed mode is enough to make the disruption to one's sleep negligible, why not use the phone late at night?
drumdance 11y ago
Where does reading a book on an iPad fall in the spectrum?

by spuz 11y ago

jacobolus 11y ago

> If you believe using your phone late at night is harmful to you at all If you’re asking about me personally, I don’t use a smartphone at night. I thought we were talking about what actions smartphone vendors could take to help their customers’ health. > Even with these apps a phone will still emit a large amount of blue light and having the light source so close to my face I still notice it disrupts my sleep. If you use f.lux on a Mac, you can make it incredibly orange almost completely blocking out the "blue" channel on the display. It also includes a "darkroom" mode which inverts the display colors and turns black text on white into red text on black.

icebraining 11y ago

If you believe using your phone late at night is harmful to you at all then why continue to maintain a that behaviour? Paraphrasing from one of your previous posts, "if you really have to question every action that might be harmful then you would never go outside, put anything in your mouth, go to the bathroom etc. Your question really only makes sense when considering activities that have a relatively high risk of harm in which case the answer has to come down to two things. Firstly how harmful is this activity? And secondly, how much harm am I willing to take?" If a bed mode is enough to make the disruption to one's sleep negligible, why not use the phone late at night?

drumdance 11y ago

Where does reading a book on an iPad fall in the spectrum?