No it's the modern web itself. Signal:noise ratio has become poor (as the article notes). Much more crap to wade through before finding a gem somewhere. That's

No it's the modern web itself. Signal:noise ratio has become poor (as the article notes). Much more crap to wade through before finding a gem somewhere. That's ignoring software bloat, super-heavy web frameworks, social media's addictive algorithms, user tracking & what have you.