Nah, my phone has been in grayscale for over 3 years now. I really don’t miss color and it is very rare that I need to turn color on temporarily for something. Most all UIs and websites are designed with the colorblind in mind, so everything remains perfectly functional, and when looking at images or photos, my brain just “fills in” the color and I often completely forget that the colors aren’t there.
The difference is actually stark and surprisingly noticeable, for example opening my music app and seeing the gallery of all the colorful and cool album art would cause my brain to light up, and now, just nothing. A bright red notification badge doesn’t command my attention and give me a dopamine hit anymore. App UIs that are designed to be addictive don’t have the same impact.
You can knock it and it’s fine if you don’t think the benefits are worth it, but I definitely prefer it. I’m more interested in what is outside of my phone when the things inside my phone are grey and dull.
This is just dumb
Nah, my phone has been in grayscale for over 3 years now. I really don’t miss color and it is very rare that I need to turn color on temporarily for something. Most all UIs and websites are designed with the colorblind in mind, so everything remains perfectly functional, and when looking at images or photos, my brain just “fills in” the color and I often completely forget that the colors aren’t there.
The difference is actually stark and surprisingly noticeable, for example opening my music app and seeing the gallery of all the colorful and cool album art would cause my brain to light up, and now, just nothing. A bright red notification badge doesn’t command my attention and give me a dopamine hit anymore. App UIs that are designed to be addictive don’t have the same impact.
You can knock it and it’s fine if you don’t think the benefits are worth it, but I definitely prefer it. I’m more interested in what is outside of my phone when the things inside my phone are grey and dull.
Got a Minimal Phone for a similar reason.