This is an important subject, thus it's one for which clickbait is generated.
Size is a problem. I look at my Rust compiles scroll by, and wonder "why is that in there?". I managed to get tokio out, which took some effort. The whole "zbus" system was pulled in because the program asks if the user is in "dark mode". That brought in the "event-listener" system.
Lately, "bash" in a Linux console has become much slower about echoing characters. Did someone stick in spell check, or a LLM for autocomplete, or something?
Obviously your statement is true about most other sites, but I thought it was an odd thing to say about a platform that famously doesn’t serve ads.