Automatically adjust brightness way too aggressive

I've noticed in low light situations, my new MacBook is almost constantly adjusting the screen and keyboard brightness. It's highly distracting. I've got around the problem by simply turning off "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes" in Displays, but I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem.
If it's unique to mine, I should probably get it fixed...
Message was edited by: sdfisher

It is just how things are. However, some sort of software fix could probably improve it! I own another monitor with a light-sensor, and these just seem to be sensitive, especially in low light.
Take in considerations that it monitors the light continuously. If you are in a dark room, you will be lit by the display. So if you move around, the amount of light on you (and thereby the amount of light sensed by the sensor) will change. Resulting in some weird behavior.
So as you figured out yourself, turning it off gets the best result. Luckily it is easy to change the backlight of the display and keyboard.
- Have a nice day

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