Small study suggests dark mode doesn’t save much power for very human reasons LCD screens, dominant in laptops and tablets, tend to get turned way up.

Dark mode is an increasingly popular accessibility option, from Twitter to Reddit to MacOS. But achieving the perfect grayscale site isn’t easy.

Dark mode is everywhere. Is it really better for you? Short answer: probably not. Its popularity may have more to do with the “bigger minimalism trend” than usability, says one expert.