It sounds like you prefer that 'academic' style that rests heavily on browser defaults. I personally like that style too, it's not an uncommon preference for HN

It sounds like you prefer that 'academic' style that rests heavily on browser defaults. I personally like that style too, it's not an uncommon preference for HN users. But you must realise it's very niche? Most users of most websites find that kind of design difficult to read and use, so it's rare to see it outside of academic/engineering circles. All you're doing here is asserting your own niche preference, and making out that it's what the majority of people want. It isn't. That's why designers design things the way they do, not (in general) because they are incompetent or malicious. And that's why it's great that you have the option of using extensions/reader-mode/copy-pasting/whatever, so you can effectively redesign anything just for you with a small amount of effort. If you expect everything to already be designed for your own unconventional preferences, at the expense of most other users, then that is unreasonable.