Is it the reason that all the pages on "modern" reddit are extremely bloated, laggy, and resource-draining even on fast systems?
Mobile apps do provide better experiences in most cases for sure, of course, but crippling web-based one on purpose is a dark pattern IMO.
Yeah, I'd never work on such a thing unless I'm desperate about money immediately, it would be sad but it's also sad for me to think that somewhere, someone is probably tasked with it.
None of them have anywhere close to the performance or loading problems reddit has (Safari related bugs however? Probably on par).
It's slow and bloated to force you out of chrome/firefox and into the app they control.
Yes, but nobody makes a slow and bloated app on purpose. It's slow and bloated because they have deprioritized the web app.