By contrast (no pun intended), HN's grey on light grey is very hard to read for me (with poor eyesight), especially in dim light. It fails accessibility best practice standards, having a contrast ratio of only 3.54:1: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=828282&...
Black and white may be jarring, but it's easier to turn down the brightness than to have to use a custom stylesheet just to make grey-on-grey more readable.
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By contrast (no pun intended), HN's grey on light grey is very hard to read for me (with poor eyesight), especially in dim light. It fails accessibility best practice standards, having a contrast ratio of only 3.54:1: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=828282&...
Black and white may be jarring, but it's easier to turn down the brightness than to have to use a custom stylesheet just to make grey-on-grey more readable.