> Needing that many controls to begin with is the real failure.

That kind of thinking is why we can't have nice things.

I want apps that do things for me, not apps are crippled to satisfy some fashionable UX fad-dogma.

I agree. I have a UHD monitor and I get angry when I have to scroll to read the second sentence on a web page. That is not an uncommon thing anymore, and it sickens me.

I get angry when there's not a single letter on the first page of a web page, just a lead graphic.

The modern day splash screen. Pathetic.

Worse is that apparently Medium requires the stupid, and often irrelevant pictures. Apparently some numbskull decided there would be more "engagement" if an article included pictures. So pictures there shall be, regardless of whether they add to the content or not.

They are the photos of procrustes.

I feel exactly the same. I stare at full screen picture of some political correctness and then to have scroll all the way to find standard links where I can find anything related to real info.

What is even worse is that they've started dedicating yet another giant pic for each item/link.

It is a theft of one's time. Normally when I see such design I would leave the site immediately but unfortunately I must actually read some.

It’d be cool if real world was simple. Until that happens, apps that operate in it need to be very often complex.