same here. I still prefer dark mode, provided it is designed with it in mind from the get go.

Yeah. And it probably depends on how much time you spend outside

as a dark mode enjoyer, as I grow older I found that I prefer not pure black for the background, and not pure white for the text. sometimes google did well in the case of material UI guideline in the beginning. they set that the background is almost black gray and the text some kind of offwhite IIRC. Back then I disliked it but now I understand the decision.

if a website or app is designed with dark mode in the first place I found that it is a lot more calming to me to look at it a long time. although for eink and similar technology displays, I still prefer traditional black text In white.

I can read black on white text but it hurts my eyes immediately and will sting for maybe a couple minutes afterwards. It doesn't have to be AMOLED — grey or dark beige or amber or whatever can work — so long as it isn't really bright.

I have that in both eyes and I still prefer dark mode.

. . . Shit. Do I need to change away from dark mode? I highly prefer it but I do have mild astigmatism…

people with astigmatism

...and no proper glasses?

Got both eye astigmatism and glasses for 20 years, dark mode forever.

What? I have astigmatism and never ever had this problem.

My lemmy is AMOLED black with blue text, no difficulty at all

Contrast is what matters.