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My eyes hurt too much nowadays to tolerate only dark themes. There's a good balance in the middle and sometimes light is very good to relax the eyes.
I think perfection is probably somewhere between dark and light themes. Light can frequently be too bright where it feels like you're looking into the sun. And dark can be like working in literally the dark, and it's sometimes too difficult to see the boundaries between objects. I think it would be cool if we had a sliding scale, where you can pick from several brightness levels.
It's the same as Color balancing. The best solution often depends on the light balance of the room. Nothing stopping you from editing the theme to keep optimize out