> except they give you much more information at a time without having to endlessly scroll.

I think getting people to scroll isn't an accident, they want you to have to scroll.

Scrolling a website makes you physically interact with it, and I bet that has some psychological effects that work out in favour of the content creators.

Whenever I am in a place where you have to wait a lot, like at a bus station, nearly everyone is swiping at their phone.

They all look like crack addicts scratching for rocks in an alleyway.