Only during dusk and dawn
You don't see them at night. You see them before the sun starts to rise and after sunset. At night they are in earth shadow and practically invisible. So the actual annoyance is that they are stealing survey time. How much is depending on your latitude (see Chile). The radio emission stuff is a different thing though.
Actually I thought they would have applied the paint and various other modification over a year ago! Reading "they apply them NOW for the new generation" it a bit "why not sooner???". But since they don't live that long the problem will be solved automatically, to some extend.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
