Agreed. I typically strip every feature possible out of my phone (and run in low power mode) and gravitate towards apps/products that just get out of my way.
When I built my blog, I tried to find every opportunity to reduce cruft (even stripping out extra CSS classes) so reading it would feel as close to a native app as possible.
You could argue that HN succeeded because it's focused on speed above all else.
(Also - fellow former Q1/Q3 player here, I competed in CPL, Quakecon, and a few other events).
When I built my blog, I tried to find every opportunity to reduce cruft (even stripping out extra CSS classes) so reading it would feel as close to a native app as possible.
You could argue that HN succeeded because it's focused on speed above all else.
(Also - fellow former Q1/Q3 player here, I competed in CPL, Quakecon, and a few other events).