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It makes sense to use the same setting for this, at least by default, as for dark and light mode in general. Why would you want your terminal dark but your email client bright?
Because when you're terminaling, you're hacking, hence dark. When you're emailing, you're officeing, hence light.
What if I'm running an email client in the terminal? ;)
I myself prefer dark mode for everything. But if somebody prefers a bright background, why would they not in the terminal too?
I sometimes prefer light mode, for example on my laptop in bright environments because I find that it gives me better contrast and keeps more of the screen viewable
here is an interesting read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687016302459