> They break them up so there are gaps between the sentences on phones
> and tablets.

--- Ahhhh: that explains it, but doesn't excuse it on sensible displays. It reads to me .... like speeches .... by certain people .... who all appear .... to have been taught .... public speaking .... by Lady Di's .... asthmatic speech coach.

But point taken about blocks of solid text. That's used a lot in click-through legal boilerplate, EXACERBATED BY SHOUTING; the resultant MEGO effect (Mine Eyes Glazeth Over) is, methinks, entirely intentional.