[SL61]

As a younger person who strongly prefers black text on white backgrounds, I talked to some of my friends who use dark mode and discovered that they almost exclusively use their screens in dark rooms. Scrolling through their phone in bed with the lights off, for example. And younger PC gamers typically leave their room light off when they're on their computer.

The constant "light mode hurts my eyes!" never made sense to me until I tried using my computer in a completely dark room. So I think the trend over the past decade isn't really dark mode itself, it's more people using screens in dark rooms.

[tetha]

I am a data point towards this. I use dark color themes in my living room, and light-ish color themes on the balcony.