Just because I prefer dark mode at night I’m now a light mode hater?
What’s wrong with wanting choices? It’s not a zero sum game, when I like one thing I don’t automatically hate the other. I use dark mode at night and light during the day. Also because screens these days are optimized much more for top business than bottom brightness (reviews always scream about 1400 nits screens but never about ones that can do <1 nit at night while retaining full colour depth!)
And when I have a different preference to someone else they immediately take this as a personal offense. Even with brands, the fanbois are so toxic these days if you have the slightest criticism about their beloved brand. Well, nothing is perfect.
Society is so polarised now. I hate that more than anything.
True, I’m very very positively not a team player (which gets me in trouble at work sometimes because they want everyone to be a good corporate boi) and have no brand loyalty etc.
I just don’t really get the “us versus them” mindset.
It really is scary to think of how much suffering in the world ultimately comes down to “you prefer something other than what I prefer, and my decisions make total sense to me, therefore there must be something fucking wrong with you, you…. you OTHER!” That, and the implied bundling of opinions that you get because of things like political parties.
I absolutely love OLED-style dark themes with white text on a pure black background, day or night. When I grab my wife’s phone for something the light mode looks strange to me because I am so used to dark mode, but to think that’s bad is silly.
I agree that good picture quality at very low brightness is very important, but for light-emitting screens the capacity for high max brightness is a practical usability need for some outdoor settings.
Yes high max brightness is important. But low min brightness is too. The problem is that reviewers and spec sheets emphasize the former and not the latter. So manufacturers often disregard the latter as improving it doesn’t translate to better sales. Some even use terrible PWM.
Just because I prefer dark mode at night I’m now a light mode hater?
What’s wrong with wanting choices? It’s not a zero sum game, when I like one thing I don’t automatically hate the other. I use dark mode at night and light during the day. Also because screens these days are optimized much more for top business than bottom brightness (reviews always scream about 1400 nits screens but never about ones that can do <1 nit at night while retaining full colour depth!)
And when I have a different preference to someone else they immediately take this as a personal offense. Even with brands, the fanbois are so toxic these days if you have the slightest criticism about their beloved brand. Well, nothing is perfect.
Society is so polarised now. I hate that more than anything.
Team sports mindset is seriously a disease.
True, I’m very very positively not a team player (which gets me in trouble at work sometimes because they want everyone to be a good corporate boi) and have no brand loyalty etc.
I just don’t really get the “us versus them” mindset.
It really is scary to think of how much suffering in the world ultimately comes down to “you prefer something other than what I prefer, and my decisions make total sense to me, therefore there must be something fucking wrong with you, you…. you OTHER!” That, and the implied bundling of opinions that you get because of things like political parties.
I absolutely love OLED-style dark themes with white text on a pure black background, day or night. When I grab my wife’s phone for something the light mode looks strange to me because I am so used to dark mode, but to think that’s bad is silly.
I agree that good picture quality at very low brightness is very important, but for light-emitting screens the capacity for high max brightness is a practical usability need for some outdoor settings.
Yes high max brightness is important. But low min brightness is too. The problem is that reviewers and spec sheets emphasize the former and not the latter. So manufacturers often disregard the latter as improving it doesn’t translate to better sales. Some even use terrible PWM.