[jfengel]

I apologize for my ignorance, but could somebody explain the need for dark mode? I know that it's bad to have a phone glow in your face when your eyes are adjusted to the dark, but don't most phones automatically lower the brightness? That seems to work well enough for me. Perhaps a specific dark mode could do it better, if well designed, but most sites have a hard enough time doing one good color scheme.

I know some people would prefer a light-on-dark color scheme in general, even during the day. Is this entirely about what you see in the dark, or is there a component of wanting more "skins" in general?

[adossi]

Aside from being able to use your phone at night without blinding your partner, another positive aspect of dark mode is the battery savings with OLED displays. Because the blacks on OLEDs are not emitting light, some simple text on a page saves a very surprising amount of battery.

[teaspoon]

There's a good discussion of "why dark mode" in the article that mine links to: https://web.dev/prefers-color-scheme#why-dark-mode

[jfengel]

Thank you.