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Why does every small appliance or useful home electronics item have the BRIGHTEST LEDs in them?

I bought a new fan for our bedroom Sunday. It has 4 speed settings, and LEDs to display which setting you're on.

Just like every other electrical device in our bedroom, I had to cover the LEDs with electrical tape because they are TOO DAMM BRIGHT. That one light was more than bright enough for me to see in the room with all the lights off.

I can't sleep well if there's a lot of light like that, especially blue light, and it's like every fucking electronics manufacturer used the same extra bright blue LEDs.

All of our power strips have them. Same brightness.

The fans have them.

Don't even get me started on digital clocks and the plague of bright LEDs that they bring about

Many charging plugs have them built into the plug itself.

Even some fucking light switches have them now!

I have about 6 different things in our bedroom that have electrical tape over their completely unnecessary LEDs.

Why has this become such a common thing? Is this really something most people want? To have a room that is never actually dark even with the lights turned off?

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[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Car headlight are too fucking bright nowadays

[–] Breno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People driving around like they're trying to spot kangaroos in the suburbs

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Especially when they're in one of those God-ugly American Pickup Trucks with headlights that are right at eye level for anyone in a normal car. Even being followed by a forty year old Mack semi isn't nearly as bad, because they've at least got sealed beam headlights.

[–] linuxFan@lib.lgbt 6 points 1 year ago

"... one of those God-ugly American Pickup Trucks ..."

Why'd you say American Pickup Trucks twice?

I kid, but really those things are hideous. The front end looks like a Baleen whale feeding.

[–] Silviecat44@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Even the auto dimming ones are too much

Depending where you are, the bright bulbs help spot deer. Though if you are in the suburbs that might not be really much of a problem

[–] VenomsCarnage22@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Agreed. I can't tell when people are driving with their high beams on anymore.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My pet peeve is not just the brightness, but the blueness. These things are fucking blue raspberry slurpee blue. Paired with a very reddish orange turn signal they come up behind me and indicate and I think I'm getting pulled over for a sec.

[–] valek879@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is why I always have the high beans on when driving my 90's car. I've got to fit in with the cool kids (oh and be able to see the road despite the blinding lights coming at me.)

[–] Rakn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure if you are joking or not. But at times that's actually what I think about and sometimes even do. If there is a car with too bright lights coming down the road I'll turn on the high beams because it reduces my ability to see the road otherwise.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I'm not the only one!

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Electrical tape can be used to black them out.

[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Might be some solace in the near future. Pixel Light is becoming a thing, where the car will selectively black out part of the headlight beam for oncoming traffic.

[–] Lukecis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Seriously, I swear I get temporarily blinded at night sometimes.

[–] Reamen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They installed LEDs in the road lights near me and they had a faulty film cover that turned purple 😆 now they whole highway is light up purple at night!