It seems like the modal is often abused as an anti-pattern, where it's not even clear if you are still on the same page because the content is almost entirely c

It seems like the modal is often abused as an anti-pattern, where it's not even clear if you are still on the same page because the content is almost entirely concealed/darkened. Reddit desktop is an example. Modals with multi-page length scrolling content is just absurd