I'm late to the thread but would like to second this. The design choices the article criticizes aren't the consequence of mobile first design. Actually website

I'm late to the thread but would like to second this. The design choices the article criticizes aren't the consequence of mobile first design. Actually websites looked like that in the late 2000's, before responsive design became ubiquitous. e.g. Apple https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/apple-website https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/apple-website