You seem to be unaware of the human element in all of this; designers are proud to create the best experience they can, developers are proud to implement it, and clients are proud to let it speak on their behalf.
You answer your own question, and emphasize my point with your perception of "shoddy clickbait" being popular. Obviously, for some reason, people like it. Who are you to say it should be eliminated?
So, again, if you don't like it, it's not intended for you.
You seem to be unaware of the human element in all of this; designers are proud to create the best experience they can, developers are proud to implement it, and clients are proud to let it speak on their behalf.
You answer your own question, and emphasize my point with your perception of "shoddy clickbait" being popular. Obviously, for some reason, people like it. Who are you to say it should be eliminated?
So, again, if you don't like it, it's not intended for you.