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Saves your battery. Easy on eyes. Dark theme is just nicer, what am I missing?

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[–] moopet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some types of application I prefer light, some dark. But the premise is wrong:

Saves your battery

Only if you're using OLED, which most people aren't, and by very little. You could save more battery by using a low-power mode when you don't need all the bells and whistles.

Easy on eyes

Debatable, different for different people.

Dark theme is just nicer

That's not objective, it's personal taste :)

[–] HeckGazer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if you're using OLED, which most people aren't

That doesn't sound right at all to me. Majority of Internet traffic is on mobile, mobile devices far outnumber desktops, non-OLED phones are pretty rare

I’d argue light theme saves battery (for non-OLED displays), because then you don’t need to up the brightness so much. It’s the backlight that drains most battery, and if you use dark mode you tend to up the brightness to see anything.