Helps push general performance and best practise forward. And its communicated in a way non techie's understand.
Almost too easily - have had some 'consultants' run 'reports' that are just lighthouse re-badged, coupled with no technical understanding of what the action points mean, or why they may not be suitable for the platform / workflow in use.
But for the most part it's a positive tool, thanks!
There are many, many research and case studies [3] correlating improved website performance to improved business metrics (such as conversions).
Google Search has also signaled that the Core Web Vitals will become a ranking signal [4].
Disclosure: I work on Lighthouse and web.dev
[1] https://web.dev/how-to-measure-speed/#lab-data-vs-field-data
[2] https://web.dev/vitals/#core-web-vitals
[3] https://wpostats.com/
[4] https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/05/evaluating-page-ex...