We increased our Lighthouse score by making our images larger
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.Which is to ask: So they improved their Lighthouse score, grats, but did they improve or reduce their user experience? Where's the data on that?This is of course caused by Google's "good intentions" gone awry. They originally created Lighthouse to help better inform developers, so that developers could create better user experiences.But Google is now [ab]using Lighthouse as a target for Google Search page-position preference. Developers in turn given this situation code towards Lighthouse (even into its bugs/quirks) because they need that higher ranking, even if it hurts the UX ultimately.