People who prefer light theme over dark/night theme.. Why?

zephyr@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 225 points –

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

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Pretty much anytime I have to read some white or light grey text on a dark background it is punishing on my eyes and I end up with light-lines in my vision temporarily after. I’ve given up on entire websites because they only have a dark theme and the simplified read mode doesnt work. On occasion, when I really needed to read a lot of text from somewhere I will copy and paste into a word processor. Light mode, or anything with dark text on light background, doesn’t strain my eyes nearly so much.

Finally someone I can relate to! Every time I said dark themes hurt my eyes all my friends insisted it was the opposite.

Same here. Black text on white background is the best for reading. The only downside is how goddamn bright it is at night in bed. But I should probably sleep at those hours anyway.