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Saves your battery. Easy on eyes. Dark theme is just nicer, what am I missing?

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretty much anytime I have to read some white or light grey text on a dark background it is punishing on my eyes and I end up with light-lines in my vision temporarily after. I’ve given up on entire websites because they only have a dark theme and the simplified read mode doesnt work. On occasion, when I really needed to read a lot of text from somewhere I will copy and paste into a word processor. Light mode, or anything with dark text on light background, doesn’t strain my eyes nearly so much.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Finally someone I can relate to! Every time I said dark themes hurt my eyes all my friends insisted it was the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same here. Black text on white background is the best for reading. The only downside is how goddamn bright it is at night in bed. But I should probably sleep at those hours anyway.