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I wanted to sign up for pixelfed but now finding out there’s no dark mode makes me not want to.
Please understand that some of us with neurodivergence can’t handle light mode, it’s too straining on the eyes and physically hurts.
iOS has had smart invert capabilities for several years now.
On Android it’s trivial to install a dark mode browser extension and I think some versions also have smart invert too.
~~I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic;~~* I absolutely understand the plight but there have been tools to support you using any app without a native dark mode. If having to change a couple settings is more of a turn-off for people than the privacy nightmare that’s every corporate app… well I think that exposes your priorities pretty well.
(*edit: apologies, you were being sincere. i have seen people use similar language to be hateful and ableist on the internet so i felt the need to cover all my bases but now that i know you were being genuine i retract that.)
I’m unaware of these features as I’m used to setting dark mode in each app but your overall comment reeks of ableism - I am neurodivergent, and I have to use my phone in dark mode. I had a TBI as a teenager leading to permanent light sensitivity and migraines and I’m also on the spectrum.
Also I’m banned from Instagram, so no, it’s not about priorities and even if it were, accessibility comes first.
i’m sorry you feel impinged on by me suggesting features that i and plenty of my neurodivergent or visually impaired acquaintances find to be helpful. features you admit you didn’t know about and might actually be helpful just as they have been for me.
you do not need to find them helpful because no accessibility system is perfect. but no need to call me ableist. that’s just fucking cringe. :( have a good one and maybe be nicer to people.
You chose to insult me by assuming my priorities and thinking my reference to being neurodivergent was sarcastic. Then when that is pointed out, you tone police me to be nicer? For using the word ableism, which is what you were engaging in? Do better.
And now you’ve edited your comment. So I look like the asshole, great.
I said “I can’t tell”; the exact opposite of assuming. And my edit was to apologize for my communicated confusion, a grace that I continue to extend to you: I apologize for not knowing if you were being sarcastic.
You don’t have to accept my apology but you can please stop harassing me about a mistake I corrected.