The switch widget is for settings where flipping the switch takes immediate effect, unlike a checkbox where you have to press some "OK", "Submit" or "Apply" button. In Windows 2000/Office UIs, this would've been shown as a button that could visibly switch between "pressed" and "not pressed" states, just like a push-down switch, but that was rarely used. The modern labeled switch design is a lot more intuitive than that.
reply> The modern labeled switch design is a lot more intuitive than that.
replyIn a lot of the modern switches I meet with the colour choice makes it totally unclear which is on and which is off.
Ok, if it's a cookie acceptance dialog it makes sense to do dark patterns, but I've seen it in legit apps too.
Whose specific UI guideline are you talking about? Android's recommends the switch component for setting toggles: https://m3.material.io/components/switch/overview
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