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Using dark mode might be more energy-intensive if the screen is an LCD.

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨YICHM@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

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  • nagaram@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I’m not doing it for the energy savings I’m doing it for personal comfort.

    If I was really concerned about energy use at that scale I would simply not use a computer.

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  • mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought that with OLED screens, and a dark mode that supports it, black pixels are actually not backlit, meaning they use less energy. Is that not right?

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    • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Right, OP refers to LCD, which is the older tech that works by selective occlusion.

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      • mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah. Thanks for pointing that out, @Septimaeus@infosec.pub. I was considering an OLED screen to be a modern LCD screen.

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  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I use dark mode to save my eyes, not energy.

    Interestingly though I haven’t had OLED display on any of my devices since 2013.

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    • dynamoMaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you mean LCD?

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      • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, OLED. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the device in question.

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  • Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s why I don’t use LCD if I can help it nowadays

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    • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Energy usage is the reason? I hope you understand how negligible it is…

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      • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not negligible when running on battery…

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  • Agility0971@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This does not make sense, explain.

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      LCDs work by using energy to block the backlight strategically. OLEDs work by only lighting up what you’re likely to be able to see in the first place, no backlight.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I assume due to people turning up brightness when using darkmode? Or what do you mean?

    Anyway, easily avoidable by using the superior light mode.

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      superior light mode.

      Is that what we’re calling dark mode nowadays?

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    • YICHM@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I assume due to people turning up brightness when using dark mode?

      Yes.

      Anyway, easily avoidable by using the superior light mode.

      I find it hard to focus on characters using dark mode.

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  • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not necessarily, if the LCD has local dimming depending on the dimming zone size it could be more energy efficient in dark mode.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does that mean dark mode isn’t vegan?

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  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It almost certainly is slightly more energy intensive, that’s just how LCDs work. I wasn’t under the impression that was why many people prefer dark mode.

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  • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just think it’s funny that, way back in the DOS days, dark mode was the only mode, then GUIs and the web were the “modern” thing, and if you didn’t like, fuck you too bad… Now we’ve gone full circle.

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  • unknown1234_5@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    idc I can't read anything in light mode

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