Were we fed one big lie all along?
!Conventional wisdom suggests that using dark mode on apps and websites helps conserve battery life on your devices.
This process was repeated for both the light and dark mode versions of the page.
Too often, the BBC team found that energy advice for developers lacks solid data to back it up.
As a result, coders end up wasting effort on changes that don’t truly improve sustainability.
The most straightforward solution is simply dimming the screen brightness.
BBC’s research shows that using devices at maximum brightness can double power consumption.
To be fair, the team doesn’t completely dismiss dark mode’s merits.
However, this is true only under controlled conditions.
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