This effect is driven by the trend in CSS frameworks to increase the base font size for wider windows. I.e. you might have a base font size at 16px, which appli

This effect is driven by the trend in CSS frameworks to increase the base font size for wider windows. I.e. you might have a base font size at 16px, which applies on your "phone" breakpoint, but your "desktop" breakpoint scales this up to 150% or 200%. This leads to being able to read 5 paragraphs on your phone but only 2 paragraphs on your desktop. I find it insane. Just let it stay at 16px; the result is still easier to read than the text on your phone, so why bother fiddling with that at all? I'd even sympathize with a controversial take such that the font size should shrink on the desktop, not grow! The desktop is for utility, and info-density is one of the things it can support very well. Proof? My Emacs font is smaller than the base font in Firefox, yet I stare at Emacs text all day. And HN is, apparently, 12px.