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title: 'Dark mode didn’t start as a trend - Marc Andreessen'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_YIAomr35A'
video_id: 'N_YIAomr35A'
date: 2026-07-14
duration_sec: 0
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# Dark mode didn’t start as a trend - Marc Andreessen

> Source: [Dark mode didn’t start as a trend - Marc Andreessen](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_YIAomr35A)

## Summary



## Transcript

I don't like reading text on white backgrounds. My eyes are a little sensitive to light and so early mosaic and escape the backgrounds are always gray and so [music] it was black text on gray backgrounds. What I really wanted was dark mode but I couldn't get there at that point cuz the displays weren't good enough. White text on black backgrounds back then was hard [music] to read because he didn't have enough shades of gray and he couldn't quite get the screen resolution.