I feel like one of the big issues here is that we're seeing more users visiting websites on their mobile and that means website owners want to monetize from mob

I feel like one of the big issues here is that we're seeing more users visiting websites on their mobile and that means website owners want to monetize from mobile users. Browser-based mining takes a significant toll on mobile battery and excessively increases the temperature of your mobile device, which can lead to other concerns. Mining is also much slower on most mobile devices. Coinhive themselves suggest against implementing mining for mobile users, but it appears that some people are not so concerned for their users' mobile devices.