"Not exactly. Earlier this week, users were first puzzled, then outraged, when they discovered that the site's dark blue "dim" theme had suddenly disappeared for web browsers. Now, only two options remained: have your eyeballs seared by an assault of all white, or be met with the strain of reading text on a background of all black. And aesthetic qualms aside, some users with astigmatism complained that "dim" was the only mode that was tolerable for them."
"X's head of product Nikita Bier - who recently gained notoriety for his unfortunate habit of getting chunks of food stuck in his throat - stepped in to explain the situation. Or at least tried to explain, providing what is legitimately an incredible excuse given X's putatively massive resources. "We don't have the capacity to support more than two colors right now," Bier replied to a distraught user. "But feedback noted: we are looking into lightening the black on web.""
X, owned by Elon Musk and recently incorporated into SpaceX and xAI, sits within a trillion-dollar corporate sphere. The platform hosts Grok and funds high-profile giveaways. The site's dark blue "dim" web theme was removed, leaving only light (white) and dark (black) options. Several users, including people with astigmatism, reported that "dim" was the only tolerable mode for them. X's head of product Nikita Bier said the company lacks the capacity to support more than two colors and that they were looking into lightening the black on web. The response provoked user outrage and led to third-party plugins restoring the dim theme.
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