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A lot of sites suck on mobile because the browser sucks, the app can't be bothered to make a mobile friendly version, or it's intentionally made awful to force you to use the app (assuming they don't literally just redirect you to the app store when you try to go to the website).
I'm actually surprised at how often a shitty looking website looks fine once I tell the stupid fucking built in kneecapped chrome browser to open in Firefox and it's fine.
Lol I tried using Baidu Maps too look up the neighborhood I used to live in mainland China, and jesus christ it automatically attempted to download the .apk EVERY TIME I tap something on the site. Wtf lol 🤣
Edit: typo