And dark mode users can’t understand how anyone could prefer light mode, so there you go.

I remember reading a while ago that there are people who stand up before wiping, and people who wipe before they stand up, and neither camp can fathom how the other does it. This is giving me that same energy.

Try a black background on an OLED screen and you'll probably understand.

This is in fact an unpopular opinion. You heathen.

Joking aside, when I was first learning HTML my teacher always hated when students inverted the colors to make a "darkmode" because she said it gave people headaches. So I guess it's a thing.

Depending on how old you are, your vision also naturally dims as you age. This is also why stuff designed by older people is often blindingly bright to young people and vice versa. I'm willing to bet that if a survey was done it would show that the popularity of darkmode drops sharply as users age.

That really is the most unpopular opinion I've ever seen on here. You win. Game over.

I feel the exact opposite

You literally just answered your own question.

Congratulations on the unpopular opinion. May your future be ever blinding blue-white and headache inducing.

Dark mode can be harder on the eyes and/or give headaches to people with astigmatism. It has to do with halation. White text on a black background is blurrier than black text on a white background. There’s a nice accessibility description here. I personally dislike dark mode for that very reason.

I legitimately cannot read dark mode. Like the text just blends into the page. People who bully light mode users are bullying people for using an accessibility feature :(

Let people use the UI that lets them read. Like I cannot send a screenshot on discord without 5 people harassing me.

I use either depending on the situation. Generally how bright of an environment I'm in.

I do indeed find this opinion unpopular, but I'll support your right to have it to my death!

I like day mode in sunlight and dark mode in low light or if I'm reading in bed with the lights off. Definitely depends on the type of screen you have. The Samsung Tab S8 isn't even OLED but it's bright even with the settings turned right down so reading black on a blinding white screen is uncomfortable in the dark

When did you last get an eye test?

I can't stand dark mode. A lot of things that were high contrast in light mode become illegible to me. Like dark blue text on a black background. Dark blue also tends to be the default color for keywords in most programming languages.

Your reason is exactly why some folks prefer dark mode, and I'm really glad that light mode exists so that you can use it :)

Your eyes adjust to light based on an average. If your whole room is dark and the only light is from your device, then your eyes are adjusted to the overall darkness, leaving the device screen outside of that range which causes the discomfor. Darkmode might prevent that from happening by lowering the amount of light from your device and matching it to your environment.

Dark mode on an OLED screen means less light is entering your eyes. The contrast between the text and the background might be way harsher in dark mode though. When in light mode, the text might not actually be black, it might be a dark grey or something. But in darkmode the contrast is white light against no light.

maybe a middle ground dark mode that has dark grey background and light grey text would be good for you