[cosmotic]

I think the point is that, after everything is said and done, there's no evidence that supports dark mode. Personal anecdote goes both ways.

Dark mode usually has lower contrast ratio (gray-on-gray text instead of black-on-white), and that's definitely proven to be harder to read.

The beyond-frustrating thing for me is that Windows 3.1 supported dark mode via system color palettes along with any other color customization anyone wanted to make to their entire system in a single place. Now every single application is custom-drawn and custom-themed, so these sorts of customizations are impossible.

This all worked better literally 30 years ago.

[crackalamoo]

In my mind, it's not about medical evidence for dark mode: I just prefer the experience as a user.

Also even light mode is often gray on gray, with backgrounds like #eee and text like #112 for example. The contrast is probably lower on average for dark mode, but it can still be designed well.

[tvshtr]

gray-on-gray? of course that's shitty. There's white on black tho, which I use in all apps that have it (most do). Most commonly called AMOLED black.