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They also use a snowflake icon for light\dark mode rather than, you know, toggling the distracting falling element.
But, the article does bring up a lot of a valid points
It does toggle it. But they don't disappear, just new ones stop falling in, so the existing snowflakes still need some time to exit the screen.
Ah I was just being impatient. I'm not saying it's not a well done effect, it just seems a little pointless and not ideal in a blog talking about design