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Wasn't it confirmed recently to be total nonsense and nothing to do with circadian rhythms? Compared to the sun a phone puts out very little light and the circadian rhythm only respond to slow changes in light, not on and off in a short time.
It's more about your phone keeping your mind active instead of relaxing and going to sleep. But if you already can't sleep because your mind is churning on something, a bit of distraction might actually help. It's very personal and not a clear cut rule on who has trouble sleeping from phone use or when to put down the phone.
So it isn't like using your phone before sleeping will never have an effect on how well you get to sleep. But it has nothing to do with blue light or circadian rhythms.
The whole "blue light" thing is the new "wifi is going to give you cancer".
tbh almost every time I see a system settings panel or a program that lets you reduce blue light on a schedule, it's always accompanied with a description that sounds like "reducing blue light may help you sleep better". I don't think there are many people touting it as some sort of scientific neurological thing, it's just that many users have a personal preference for reduced blue light at nighttime, and the developers want to accommodate that preference. Not everything has to be backed up by scientific research, sometimes people just like things.