[avmich]

> The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

What is it that brings people to dark background teams? I'm genuinely interested. They were a necessity back when the quality of screens was worse, but today? Is it a fashion with many followers or is there some rationale behind it?

[ironmagma]

Many eye doctors will tell you that blue light is bad for your eyes. In my mind, the less blue light the better.

[musicale]

Exactly this - avoiding macular degeneration.

[JaumeGreen]

> > The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

For me it's not that glaring.

> What is it that brings people to dark background themes?

On darker ambience dark colour schemes go easier on the eyes. I was a light-mode person until the office grew darker (because of some remodelations) and now I need dark mode to not feel the light attacking my eyes.

Also dark mode probably looks "cooler", less of an office job and more "hacking" vibes.

[bananamerica]

I find dark themes easier on the eyes. Especially in the night time.

[pvaldes]

Better for the eyes and (probably) better for extending the life of the monitor also. Energy saver. Less heat and, when you scale it to millions of computers, more ecological.

Bad for selling computers. Everybody wants a million of colors dancing the macarena in their computers and is nice, for like five minutes. Ten hours and your pupils are on fire.

[antoineMoPa]

It depends on the screen technology whether it saves energy or not.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-b...

[muzani]

Many phones come with a blue light reducer. It looks terrible with a light theme.