For the same reason, people prefer authenticity over mass-produced, generic stuff.

But authentic writing takes a lot of effort, and nobody wants to do that anymore in 2026, so the status quo is more mass-produced, generic content, which is frustrating and (to me) a regression.

The problem with AI written articles is still feeling uncertain whether there's actually any utility after reading 2000 words as you realize that it's been 90% filler so far but think maybe it will lead somewhere soon? But it doesn't and you wasted ten minutes reading glorified blog spam that was micro targeted at whatever niche you were researching.

After a while you pick up on the warning signs and just bail early without any guilt about false positives. It's really the only sustainable strategy in a world where it takes 5 seconds to absorb 5 minutes of your attention span.