Bad designers trying to imitate what they thought was the "Apple look". However, if you actually go to any Apple site and look, you'll find that the "gray" thin

Bad designers trying to imitate what they thought was the "Apple look". However, if you actually go to any Apple site and look, you'll find that the "gray" thing is largely only for headings and short text snippets (usually at a larger font size to boot). Long-form text (e.g., developer docs) is, and always has been, in a good high-contrast color scheme. Example: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview