If I had to guess, he has an extremely expensive HDR monitor aimed at designers and uses the full color gamut for everything.

Well, i'd like to remind him that designers are supposed to "design" for users. Who may have a used monitor they paid $50 for and it's from 2003...

YES! I cannot understand the grey on grey on grey anti-readability obsession. I cannot stand it. It's ugly and hard to read. I wish we'd all just stop doing it.

I prefer light mode as well but the grey text is much more pleasant to read then the white text on my ~$300 screen