> There are numerous animations that never stop. This is highly distracting and makes it very difficult to read the text.

And pegs the CPU and drains the battery.

Those animations wont "peg" any relevant CPU, and they clearly had a purpose that was not about wasting cycles or battery.

They still end up doing that, regardless of the intention. It would be better if they only animated once, or just when you hover over them instead of constantly.