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As others have said, you can add blue light filter either based on app or monitor configs. If you were eyeglasses, it's worthwhile to pay an extra bit - usuall

As others have said, you can add blue light filter either based on app or monitor configs. If you were eyeglasses, it's worthwhile to pay an extra bit - usually on the order of $50-$100 - to get a blue light filter built directly into your glasses. Further, my optometrist specifically recommended that I use slightly underpowered prescription. I'm at about 90% of what my glasses prescription could be but he tells me that this means my eyes will strain less. It has seemed to work for me since after a few years of having to increase prescription every 1.5 years or so, it's starting to slow down. Could be anecdotal or caused by aging but something to bring up with your own optometrist if you have one.

Eleison23 4y ago
I'm waiting for new lenses/frames as we speak, and I made a mistake two years ago in accepting the "blue light filter" coating that they were pushing. It was horrible - everything was green, especially my peripheral vision. It ruined my experience off the computer. So I took the glasses back to the optician under warranty and requested they be remade without the filter coating. My experience immediately improved and I was satisfied with those lenses. Never again will I opt for that ridiculous blue light coating. The blue light bugaboo is a hobby horse of my psychiatrist and other quacks. It really makes little difference, because the intensity of the light coming from your monitor or your smartphone is negligible compared to sunlight/daylight. What matters ten times more than blue light is what you are doing on that computer at night: are you engaging in bitter social media arguments? Playing twitch AAA games? Are you watching YouTube with a ton of fast talkers and ads and quick edits? That will amp up your hormonal imbalances and disrupt your sleep patterns surer than the color of light wavelengths coming into your retinas.
gruez 4y ago
>If you were eyeglasses, it's worthwhile to pay an extra bit - usually on the order of $50-$100 - to get a blue light filter built directly into your glasses. Is there any evidence that they work? Most implementations I've seen are essentially colorless, so I find it hard to imagine that they're blocking that much blue light.

Eleison23 4y ago

I'm waiting for new lenses/frames as we speak, and I made a mistake two years ago in accepting the "blue light filter" coating that they were pushing. It was horrible - everything was green, especially my peripheral vision. It ruined my experience off the computer. So I took the glasses back to the optician under warranty and requested they be remade without the filter coating. My experience immediately improved and I was satisfied with those lenses. Never again will I opt for that ridiculous blue light coating. The blue light bugaboo is a hobby horse of my psychiatrist and other quacks. It really makes little difference, because the intensity of the light coming from your monitor or your smartphone is negligible compared to sunlight/daylight. What matters ten times more than blue light is what you are doing on that computer at night: are you engaging in bitter social media arguments? Playing twitch AAA games? Are you watching YouTube with a ton of fast talkers and ads and quick edits? That will amp up your hormonal imbalances and disrupt your sleep patterns surer than the color of light wavelengths coming into your retinas.

gruez 4y ago

>If you were eyeglasses, it's worthwhile to pay an extra bit - usually on the order of $50-$100 - to get a blue light filter built directly into your glasses. Is there any evidence that they work? Most implementations I've seen are essentially colorless, so I find it hard to imagine that they're blocking that much blue light.