I completely agree. I don't know how this lack of an option has gone unnoticed. The UI is pretty great except for that horrendous gradient bleed. I actually decided to nix Textra in favor of QKSMS, but then realized the latter didn't have blocking. I had a very recent need to block, so I had to go with Textra. I don't like that gradient, and the block feature was the only thing keeping me with Textra. As soon as QKSMS gets a blocker, I'm probably gonna leave Textra unless they give the simple option to leave my notification bar 100% black. This is Android. I'd really appreciate this feature more than you could know, Textra. Please. Please. :/