The CRT makers who chose black as the default background (instead of the shitty white background CRTs) and amber as the colour of choice for monochrome, knew what they were doing.
Just because paper is white (which is also only the case because of multiple extra processes) doesn’t mean that monitors need to be too. Papers are reflective, while monitors are emissive and should not have the same standards.
No. Your dark mode suck.
My dark mode looks cool.
The CRT makers who chose black as the default background (instead of the shitty white background CRTs) and amber as the colour of choice for monochrome, knew what they were doing.
Just because paper is white (which is also only the case because of multiple extra processes) doesn’t mean that monitors need to be too. Papers are reflective, while monitors are emissive and should not have the same standards.