[CrendKing]

> I find it much less painful on the eyes to read in dark mode at night

I don't understand this. Do people not use lamp or light source in their house? Are people living like cavemen? Otherwise, how is it that much difference between day and night+lamp?

If it is sleep time, there is already blue light filter most OS supports nowadays. No need to ask each app to support a separate color scheme.

[Sipu]

Easy, a proper screen puts out north of 500-600 nits also on phones. Also people's eyes have variable sensitivity to light, nothing weird about that.

Besides, you don't stare straight at your lamps. You do stare straight at your screen. The "night mode" just kills all color on your devices. It's a lot worse option than dark mode.

[CrendKing]

Last time I calibrated my monitor for sRGB, the first step DisplayCAL ask me to do is to aim for 120 nits brightness. Sure a screen is capable of outputting 500 nits, doesn't mean you have to use its full capacity. Unless you guys are writing code or reading book under HDR mode all the time?

[themadturk]

One of my sons has migraines with accompanying light sensitivity. Yes, some days he lives in the dark, with dark mode screens turned way down.