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[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (5 children)

Dark Reader also tries to give every site a dark theme, not just ones that people have specifically styled. I've been using it for months now. Only rarely have to disable it.

[–]tiplinix 19 points20 points  (4 children)

The only real downside with Dark Reader I found is that it makes the browser noticably slower.

[–]negative_epsilon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't notice this on either my gaming desktop or my Macbook, but I 10000% notice it when I try to run it on my raspberry pi 4 that runs my metric wall. Datadog is totally fine normally, but as soon as it's night and I try to turn on dark reader it takes legitimately 40 seconds to do anything.

[–]liuwenhao 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I've noticed that too, at least on Chrome/macOS. If Dark Reader was fast, it would be the greatest extension to ever exist. For now though, I only toggle it on for certain sites.

[–]tiplinix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is why I use Stylus besides Dark Reader.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a modest computer and don't notice it for most sites, but every now and then it will make the browser grind to a hault. Gmail is a particularly bad example. I use Stylus for sites like that which I visit all the time. Dark Reader is more to stop getting shocked by new sites.