I dunno. As weird as this format is, I'd prefer this to the typical article these days with autoplay video, janky slideshows, ads moving the content around, a pop-up begging you to subscribe to a newsletter, Outbrain/Taboola ads showing cracked toenails and butt implants, etc etc.

At some point in time, there was a middle ground between those two extremes: Wordpress, Blogspot and so on.

That’s the other end of the extreme nastiness scale. True.

I would certainly hope there is still a middle ground somewhere!