I agree.
The model for writers now seems to be those "click to next" ones on 25 shocking things or 20 remedies or something. With ads to delay the ending. Everything is now how long a period to tell advertisers they kept us online for the dreary preambles, backfill, introductions and stalling around.
It used to be writers wanted to hook the reader and get to the best part of the story in a reasonable amount of words and then close it out. No more.
Twice I listened to the end. Now if the answer is not up front I am gone.