brave-dark-mode-block provided more than fingerprinting protection. I don't want web content defaulting to dark just because the android theme is dark. Its an invalid assumption that the two must always be in sync. So brave-dark-mode-block provided control over this. When flipped on along with strict fingerprinting protection, web content would default to light while the android theme was dark.
Now that strict fingerprinting is gone, this flag should apply to the fingerprinting protection being on.
Additionally, I would suggest turning it into a normal setting that's independent of fingerprinting protection. Because its entirely possible to prefer light content regardless of fingerprinting.
Steps to reproduce
enable dark theme in android
enable chrome://flags/#brave-dark-mode-block and fingerprinting protection
load github.com or google.com or reddit.com
Actual result
web content defaults to dark
Expected result
it should continue to be possible to default web content to light when the android theme is dark
Issue reproduces how often
100%
Version/Channel Information:
Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store version?
yes
Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Beta version?
have not tried
Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Nightly version?
arch-btw
commented
1 month ago
Description
brave-dark-mode-block provided more than fingerprinting protection. I don't want web content defaulting to dark just because the android theme is dark. Its an invalid assumption that the two must always be in sync. So brave-dark-mode-block provided control over this. When flipped on along with strict fingerprinting protection, web content would default to light while the android theme was dark.
Now that strict fingerprinting is gone, this flag should apply to the fingerprinting protection being on.
Additionally, I would suggest turning it into a normal setting that's independent of fingerprinting protection. Because its entirely possible to prefer light content regardless of fingerprinting.
Steps to reproduce
Actual result
web content defaults to dark
Expected result
it should continue to be possible to default web content to light when the android theme is dark
Issue reproduces how often
100%
Version/Channel Information:
Device details
Brave version
1.65.126