d_balon The brightness on 0% is very mild, especially if you use Extra Dim or another screen dimmer on top of that. One would have to be in very sick vision health for that little degree of brightness to be any legitimate issue, or else they need to turn on some more ambient lighting.
When I go outdoors on bright sunny days, the brightness is relatively extreme. That's what I love about it. It's a magical level of brightness. The 0% brightness on that LCD screens is absolutely nothing in comparison to natural sunlight at typical intensities. It's certainly not like staring into a flashlight. You're being ridiculous.
Speaking of brightness, one of the glowing reviews of the Edge 2025 said it is "bright like a torch," and that was meant to be a considerable compliment. The public in general likes bright displays even though they can't teem tolerate any sunlight without dark sunglasses. Ergo, they are afraid of the sun frying their eyes from any duration of exposure yet love their super bright OLED phone screens.
That is because said public doesn't view as suspect or potentially damaging any man-made phone screen. However, those on here are in a continual state of anxiety about man-made screens. This is another reason why eye strain communities are dominated by men. Women don't think about these issues to anywhere near the same extent, and so in general they don't come down with the same screen anxieties and symptoms.
I suggested two books:
"The Biology of Belief."
"The Divided Mind."
Numerous times a man has told me he hasn't been able to use a phone so he gave it to his female partner, who has no issues with the exact same device. If the device itself were dangerous and toxic, why would these men give their devices to female loved ones and have no guilt about doing so? Presumably because they recognize at some level the problem is not the device, it is them. Otherwise what kind of men would they be gifting toxic devices to loved ones?