[TeMPOraL]

> Super anecdotal but in my experience I hear developers complaining about bloated websites an order of magnitude more than ordinary users.

That's because developers are the only people who know what the fuck is going on, and who to blame. Regular users don't have a mental model to correctly identify the source of their annoyance. So they end up blaming "the computer". It often manifests in requests like "could you come over one day and clean my computer? I think it's full of viruses." No, it's not really full of viruses, just the websites you're using the most went through another redesign, and now consume 10x resources for zero added utility. But what can you do. I install adblock and sometimes buy them another RAM stick, so they can throw their laptop in a garbage bin a year later than they would without my help.

No, users do complain, you just have to know where to look (and actually talk to them).