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  • I also thought toggles were unnecessary, but then I read something that changed my mind.

    Toggles have an immediate effect, whereas checkboxes don’t.

    For example, a light/dark mode setting. You could use a checkbox, but users have become used to the above behaviour, and so a toggle may be more appropriate.

    Checkboxes, therefore, are more of a form element.

    Personally, I’d still be fine with just checkboxes, but that design intention is something I hadn’t known but makes sense after I heard it