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joshuat • yesterday at 10:09 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

This is surely going to be optional, so it won't impact me in the slightest, but it is a pet peeve of mine when browsers (or browser extensions, looking at you 1Password) alter the UI of websites away from how they were originally designed without explicit instruction to do so.

This sounds like it meets that threshold, it will just surely be a hit-or-miss mess. Hopefully if it makes it to iOS it will drive more site owners to adapt to `prefers-color-scheme`.


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JoshTriplett • yesterday at 10:15 PM

Browsers are user-agents, not website-agents. By way of example, if a website shows ads or does tracking, I will absolutely alter it to my liking.

wpm • yesterday at 10:32 PM

I and my browser are allowed to do whatever I want with the data that is posted on the public internet.

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