Personally I think the abundance of led lighting has something to do with it. Leds are everywhere these days and they're a lot brighter than most people realize. Even with lens covers. Even most screens these days are actually leds.
They changed the lighting at one of my old jobs. It was a shop in a big warehouse with high ceilings so the lights were pretty high up. We had just the regular fluorescent tube lights. After they changed the lights a few of my coworkers were complaining about their eyes hurting and having headaches for a few weeks after. It turns out they switched the lights with leds that look like those fluorescent tube lights.
I've never really liked led lights. I don't like the light they put out. They make my eyes hurt. The light just always seems kind of unnatural. Even the yellowy coloured ones don't look right. I went camping not long ago and I had both an led lantern with me and a coleman white gas lantern. The led one is pretty bright, it puts out a yellowy white light. I didn't really end up using it at all.
The coleman lantern though I used every single night for hours and that $18 I spent in gas to run it was worth every penny. The light it puts out just immediately makes the campsite feel comfy and nice. Especially during a fireban when all you can get away with is throwing some sticks on a portable charcoal grill. That warm, soft light, that wasn't actually quite as bright as the led, made hanging out in the dark much nicer. The led lantern made everything all eerie and weird looking and i'm definitely glad it was not my only source of light.
