So why exactly would I want to load up a web browser taking up hundreds of megabytes of my RAM, run the message board JS scripts, analytics, flash ads that suck

So why exactly would I want to load up a web browser taking up hundreds of megabytes of my RAM, run the message board JS scripts, analytics, flash ads that suck up my CPU, let some advertising company track me just to view a message? I can run a responsive native gui/console app to read it like I do with my email and the experience is infinitely better.