The web used to provide text, and allow the user-agent to render it as appropriate for that display/user. Now the web is a (bad) application platform, where th

The web used to provide text, and allow the user-agent to render it as appropriate for that display/user. Now the web is a (bad) application platform, where the content designers demand full control of interactivity. As a user you are not well-served by the modern web. It's not the devices per se it's also the content that is different than ~10 years ago.