I think it might be more a case of that you seem to be misunderstanding that the web is there to show you ads, not information. That web design seems explicitl

I think it might be more a case of that you seem to be misunderstanding that the web is there to show you ads, not information. That web design seems explicitly designed to make your normal way of looking at things fail is not a bug. Also I bet those designers judge themselves (and get performance evaluated) based on how long people look at those sites.