For some reason whenever someone posts any news about Pixelfed one of the top comments is usually along the lines of “no dark mode, no use.” Boy do I have good news for those users!

Like the rest of the Fediverse, and unlike corporate media, there are multiple apps you can use! Examples:

This is also useful for users who have qualms about the Pixelfed dev’s more… distasteful? behavior (example I found today) and don’t rock with rewarding it, kind of like how a lot of Lemmy users might block or defederate the flagship .ml instance.

  • DiddlydeeEnglish
    39·
    18 hours ago

    I’ve never used dark mode for anything and never will. It’s also funny how people care enough to dislike that I have a different preference, as the downvotes show.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      valid i think there are some scientifically proven drawbacks both ways also dark mode is worse if u have astigmatism

      • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        That’s the thing that irks me when people are elitist about dark mode. Sorry I can’t use your edgy dark app with my feeble scrub eyes.

        • junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          19 hours ago

          I absolutely love dark mode and find light mode headache inducing but will never understand the elitist attitude beyond a quick joke. Accessibility is good in all forms!

        • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
          31·
          21 hours ago

          once i pointed out that most modern mobile OSes have a native “smart invert” which can make any app dark mode without messing with images and i got called ableist 😭

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
          1·
          19 hours ago

          I can’t use light mode without inducing a migraine. It’s nice that we’re at a point in history where most apps have at least two accessible themes for different folks.