Ask HN: What's the story behind removing paging for long threads?

I recently noticed that Hacker News no longer uses paging for long threads. In the past, when a discussion grew large, we had to click "More" to load the next page of comments, and dang would occasionally post helpful tips to remind us about this feature [0].

Was there an announcement regarding this change? Has anyone else still seen paging recently? I'd love to know more details—especially the technical aspects or considerations that went into the decision.

Thanks!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41013984 like this