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by gyre007 619 days ago
I used to be a big user of dark mode on every site that hd it available. Nowadays I just turn it off. I find it incredibly annoying and I’ve also realised that my eyes don’t hurt as much as I’ve read abou they should. I suppose YMMV
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I use it at night on my phone and desktops. With dark reader to switch it. During the day I use normal mode. It really helps at night because displays these days can't get too dark anymore. They're optimised for peak brightness because high values sell betterbut low brightness gets neglected.

My 24" 4K display i use during the day with 0% brightness. Obviously at night this is too bright so i have to reduce the contrast which really hurts colour depth. Dark mode helps a lot then.

It's funny, at first I just thought it was me. But I took my old VT520 one time and I was really surprised how darkly it can paint a perfect screen. Even in a dark room I can set it so low I can barely read it.