Can another author explain to me why so many stories don't use paragraphs?

[Kalliel]

I'm a bit confused. If the word count is the same, then a long paragraph should cause less eye strain, not more, as your eyes should need to go back and forth less often. Each new line, your eyes have to move across the whole screen. Am I missing something?

Not the case for me. I find it straining to continuously trace the correct lines to read in a wall of text. Often, I'd be distracted for a brief moment and lose track of where I am seeing.

 

[Corty]

Often, I'd be distracted for a brief moment and lose track of where I am seeing.

Yeah, thats ADHD not the mobile thing.

 

[Kalliel]

Yeah, thats ADHD not the mobile thing.

Never said it was the mobile thing, though.

 

[Corty]

Never said it was the mobile thing, though.

The quoted part was about mobile reading, so I logically assumed it was.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

The quoted part was about mobile reading, so I logically assumed it was.

Suspect it's a case of one exacerbating the other though.