The war between light and dark mode themes on phones has long relied on personal preference to determine a winner. But while dark mode has been called the more eye-friendly mode, I'm here to call its bluff, but that might be for the reason you think.
While it's true that light mode can feel like it's nuking your retinas with the unbelievably bright displays from the best phones, dark mode does the same thing in a completely different way. The crux of the problem is that too many apps and phones use what's known as "dim" dark mode instead of true "lights out" dark mode.
