Google the driving force behind dimming overlays.

[MrMobodies]

bI wonder if this was just a natural thing for developers to clumsily slip things in with little though for discomfort and then I found this article:

https://m2.material.io/components/dialogs/android#full-screen-dialog

I tend to get very angry and upset, when a dialogue appears, hides the scrollbars and suddenly darkens large parts of my screen hurting my eyes by dimming the background thereby cutting me off which is when on webpages I try the javascript button if I can't do it with Adblock. I find it horrible behaviour.

WEB
Using dialogs
A dialog is a type of modal window that appears in front of app content to provide critical information or ask for a decision. Dialogs disable all app functionality when they appear, and remain on screen until confirmed, dismissed, or a required action has been taken.

Dialogs are purposefully interruptive, so they should be used sparingly.

For additional guidance, refer to the Material guidelines.

No I don't want to be cut off from background and the sudden shift with no considering for vision.
Reminds me just like what malware use to do around 2010 injected from hidden stuff or banners when I went round removing them.

Used sparingly? Rubbish. I have seen it used excessively and seems to be getting worse.

Android:
This is the sort of thing that puts me off new phones.

What good is that suppose to do? Looks very stupid to me as well.
My old Samsung J5 has one with the brightness (very stupid when trying to adjust) and that's it I think. Well just checked and it is in many other places which is why I barely use it for much. The Sony XA2 given to me seemed to have a lot of that crap and quite a few when I installed Lineage which is why I don't often use it.

I wonder if these developers or people who direct this stuff subject themselves to it.

Dialogs
Dialogs inform users about a task and can contain critical information, require decisions, or involve multiple tasks.

Like that is a good excuse to cut them off from the background... or maybe they are stupid and confused and can't focus and concentrate.

So they call this intrusive, spammy, eye hurting behaviour a practice:

Material is an adaptable system of guidelines, components, and * tools that support the best practices of user interface design.    Backed by open-source code, Material streamlines collaboration between designers and developers, and helps teams quickly build beautiful products.

By dictating to the user when the contents are shown.
What if I don't want it to dim ever?

I find the behaviour and attitude absolutely stinks.

This where again I think they not only think the users is stupid but are effectively calling them stupid that they need the background covered up so they can concentrate on the dialogues and sod the user if the excessive amount affects their vision.


What do you think?

[RJSV]

   It's only natural behavior.  That's why all the fuss, as originally intended, to have fair and effective MONOPOLY controls..
They call it 'Antitrust' which is a legal term.
Consumers get damage, plus very little recourse.  (It's at THIS point I tend to insert sarcasm, it's the 'no recourse' part).

   Independent developers tend to get cheated as well, outweighed by two (or less) actual competition.