I think mobile is actually the perfect case for this. If I'm in front of my computer, it's not that big of a deal to fire off the five or so Google searches to find the answer to a fairly obscure query.
However, I've never, ever enjoyed doing "research" on my phone. Sure, it's okay for looking up something known on Wikipedia ("what is the population of Hungary?"). But if I have to wait through more than one pageload, squint at too-small text while furiously side-scrolling so I can read a non-mobile site, and continually fix my fat-fingered search mistakes, I'm not going to bother.
And so I think this is great. Most of the time, my curiosity isn't triggered when I'm behind a computer, it's when I'm out and about and far from my laptop.
However, I've never, ever enjoyed doing "research" on my phone. Sure, it's okay for looking up something known on Wikipedia ("what is the population of Hungary?"). But if I have to wait through more than one pageload, squint at too-small text while furiously side-scrolling so I can read a non-mobile site, and continually fix my fat-fingered search mistakes, I'm not going to bother.
And so I think this is great. Most of the time, my curiosity isn't triggered when I'm behind a computer, it's when I'm out and about and far from my laptop.