I thought so too, but they suck as well. It's really strange.
I wonder if we can re-design the www stack. Keep what is working, discard the rest, but design it correctly up-front, so that e. g. Google or others can not ruin it anymore. The 1990s were better in this regard IMO.
Nothing is worst because of the www stack, which is better than it has ever been.
The world consume things through mobile apps nowadays.