Hi. No expert here either. …Reminds me of the lights in our shower to protect them from moisture but I’m sure there are tons of options for ceiling lights. We’ve all gotten used to the open can lights ( I’m sure people thought they were a bit weird and industrial back when they were first used). Maybe it’s a new trend? How’s the light coverage in that room? Most people don’t stare critically at your ceiling and will never notice. Only our hyper critical in the middle of a renovation eye picks these things up. It does look tricky to change a bulb as you mentioned. Definitely talk to your contractor about it. It’s your space and money so hopefully you’ll get what you like best. I would guess you won’t notice them at all in a few months. Although I will admit that I regret most the things other people talked me into on our build so trust your gut as well.

That is an integral LED recessed fixture. It looks to be a wafer light. They are popular with electricians and the big-box DIY genre for their simplicity of installation.

The downside to any integral LED recessed fixture is that when the LED lights go out, and they can be very sporadic in how long they last - don't count every one lasting 15 or 22 years and all blanking out at the same time - that you have to replace the entirety including the trim/lens. So if you've noticed at the big box store, there are quite a few differences in trims (bevels, finish, color, width, rolled edges, crisp edges, diameters, etc) depending on the manufacturer and even when the same manufacturer makes that line of product. So in 2 years, or 5, or 10, the chances of matching the exact same trim, lens (opaqueness, whiteness, texture, etc), and diode layout (they are placed in a certain configuration, say a grid, or a pentagon, etc) will be very slim.

The functional con is that you have high glare. The glare is caused by you being able to see the light in your periphery when standing away from it. It is the result of the lens being flush with the ceiling. The other con, which is opinion-based, is that they look fake when off. There is no depth to the lens, so they look "sterile."

I do think they look fake is my main concern. I maybe wouldn’t have noticed but we were traveling and I was looking at their air bnb lights and I said they looked fake and I didn’t like them.. and then they were in our house when we came back!

And they do not require a box above the ceiling. Easy install!

Did I mention they are dirt cheap?