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GreenEngineering3475 @lemmy.world

12mo ago

Account required to use dark mode in 2024.

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or... just use darkreader :D
- Seconding. Can't imagine not using darkreader in this day and age.
- Yup yup. Darkreader has improved my entire internet experience, which is a huge accomplishment. Works flawlessly 99% of the time.
- somehow, the "dark reader clone" that's in samsung browser it's so much accurate. Main disadvantage is that you have to use samsung browser (ugh)...
  
  DR itself is clearly fingerprintable, more so than a dark preference.
- or... just lower your monitor brightness so you don't feel like you need dark mode, which is actually worse in every way than just using the correct monitor brightness.

With everybody using black pixels, they're becoming more expensive as they rarefy worldwide. This kind of thing was to be expected, really.

Dextero is pretty trash in general so I'm not surprised in the slightest. So much bot content on there
- Not a regular visitor, so can't say anything about there content.There was a discussion in the piracy community about the article, so went there to read it: https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/godzilla-minus-one-most-pirated-movie-2696285/
  
  Sorry I didn't mean any negatively towards you there. I just remember what the site was like before it hit my blocklist. It was before chatgpt got big but everything I read on there was scraped info from other sites and full of errors

I've seen this in many places. I don't remember them because I stop caring when I notice the cut of their jib.

Arstechnica does this crap too.
- Ars dark mode switching is infuriating, not an asshole design choice like Dexerto here
  Be me,
  Click on an article link in rss feed.Open in browser(in dark mode)
  Ars technica doesn't change its theme.
  Open the menu to switch theme, click on dark mode.
  Goes to the homepage in dark mode.
  Go back to rss reader click that link again.
  
  That's a lot. I will stick to Dark Reader

Lots of websites do this the other way around, too. It's very annoying.
- What, you have to enable dark mode to sign up?
  
  No lol just you need to sign up to enable light mode

Firefox with the extension "Dark Reader" is great. There are some websites I have to disable it, but it's rare. I also recommend uBlock Origin.
Edit: I see someone already recommended dark reader. But it really is a must have extension. It knows if your system theme is set to light or dark and matches it automatically.

CSS is so premium lol

same with news.google.com

they won’t even turn off the ads if you pay them. what a joke
edit: oops i just saw that these are the “free benefits”

there was a android apk site that did that

- I don't think it is a paid account. Or at least not paid with money
  
  huh i thought i deleted this comment?

- Doesn't modern CSS allow you to follow system settings?
  
  yep it does
- making it a per-profile settings does not exclude making it available per-device or per-visit. it's not especially difficult to store a flag in localStorage or a cookie. hell, you can even use CSS to detect OS dark mode preference settings and have it change automatically with no user input at all.
- I just want them to follow system default for guest user(s).
  they probably require an account because they have a system set up in a way where it's mostly a server-side app and ui settings are only stored on the server
  This makes more sense for signed in user(s).
  No dark mode unless you register, is what I consider to be a asshole design choice.
  
  maybe they have a whole different page for signed in users?

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