Why do macbooks brighten the screen when it’s brighter, and darken when it’s dark instead of the other way around?

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It just seems weird that the solution to try to use tech in the dark is “make the screen darker”. And the solution to using it in a brighter environment, isn’t to make it dark in order to avoid hurting your eyes by having something bright in a bright environment, but apparently it makes more sense to make it even brighter.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Not just macbooks. Most high end phones also auto adjust screen brightness.

If you are outside in with direct light hitting the screen you need to increase the screen brightness, or else the picture is washed out from the bright sunlight. Think trying to watch TV with the sun glare shining through a window and hitting the TV screen.

The opposite is true in the dark. There is no need for the screen to be set to very bright. You can easily read the screen in a dark room. Remember the point is to easily read the screen, not have the screen act as a light to brighten a dark room.

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