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iOS has had inverted mode for as long as I can remember. I think since iPhone OS 1.0

Grayscale mode came in iOS 8, Night Shift in iOS 9. iOS 10 added a red screen filter. iOS 11 added Smart Invert.

Android didn't get Dark Mode until last year. To imply Apple has been behind in this area is very misleading.

Android may not have had a system wide dark mode but I could change the launcher to one that had one literally in Jellybean or earlier.

Inverted mode is not dark mode I tried it. Even at the lowest possible brightness with nightshift on iOS was still too bright for my eyes at night. Either way my switch happened before dark mode was implemented and I admitted as such. It's also a preference so I'm not sure what exactly you're defending here.

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