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My 2 cents on darkness:
The spell creates an area where no one can see through, not even with darkvision.
I would interpret this as: Somebody outside the area can only see a dark area but not whats inside.
Somebody inside the area is blind.

How to use this:
- Somebody in the area can get one step out, attack or cast a spell and move back in so somebody outside does not know where the person inside is going (maybe leaving the area in a direction the person outside cannot see.
- A char outside could use an AoE effect at the dark area and hope that the other char is hiding inside and is blind. He cannot target a char or object in the area
- The purpose of the spell is to protect the caster from ranged attacks/spells that target an individual char or to allow the caster to escape unseen.
- The char outside can go inside to attack the caster. In this case a blind char is trying to attack another blind char in total darkness. Maybe one of them has an advantage when he can hear or smell the other one.

The example with a ranger ambushing somebody from a hidden position is something different.
The ranger is in a strongly obscured area but not in an area of magic darkness.

This is just my interpretation of the text. I am not a PnP or DnD expert.