[monocularvision]

There is absolutely some truth to this.

But we’re talking about extremely basic things. Simple pages that display data, like a bank website showing my transactions. And you know what? The simplest of sites seem to work awful on the web… because the web developers make bad sites. I have seen examples of sites that are smooth, functional, and beautiful. But most sites are not. They are bloated messes where the user experience seems to be 15th on the list of concerns.

To answer to the question: “why does the web suck on mobile” is almost entirely “because web developers make awful websites”.