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by elemesmedve 858 days ago
I have a hunch that a lot of complaining about "light mode" is because people's monitors are too bright.

I always make sure that my monitors are set so that a full white screen is comfortable to look at indefinitely. (With this in mind I find I enjoy light mode themes more than dark mode ones. YMMW. (Obviously blacks should be close to real black with this setup for proper contrast. All in all, a well calibrated monitor should be a joy to look at no matter the color theme.))
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Avamander 857 days ago
I don't think some other software developer should be the reason why I have to change my (calibrated) monitor settings. So "just" turning down brightness is not really an option, it's at correct settings it's just that some software over-utilizes white.

A crutch bypass to that is switching on HDR from system settings and turning down SDR content's brightness. It'll display the dull white the developer most likely intended while also not breaking software (and media) that does colour better.

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