They just want to go places, do things, and not feel like they have been ripped off. There is a bright star on the web. This requires special note, as it is so rare. Yahoo News Full Coverage sections. It may also help explain the continued popularity of Yahoo.
Presentation becomes the story, and content is something that gets in the way.
The simplest things, such as providing ALT text for images, seems to be too much like work. It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. It is the current state of salesmanship, regarding the client as mushroom, that allows this type of design to continue. Most commercial developers are largely ignoring coding to the standards or checking accessibility. Which is a pity, because learning to code correctly is no harder than learning to code in the first place.