User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-126761-20150519224135/@comment-113.252.12.144-20150519233709

"I do not mean this in a combative manner: but does it not matter that users on smaller devices are given layouts that work for them?"

"Smaller devices make up an increasingly large proportion of visits - at some point, we have to be proactive about preventing that becoming a bigger and bigger issue. While we certainly would love to satisfy everyone's desire for how the site should behave on their device, we do need to make some trade-offs."

"Roughly half of Wikia traffic comes from small devices these days - while that certainly doesn't mean desktop users aren't important, it does mean balancing the needs of two fairly different situations."

"Adding a preference wouldn't really make sense, to be honest - it's best for articles to look consistent across devices. If users all see articles differently, it's difficult to make articles look good for everyone."

I do not mean this in a combative manner: but does it not matter that users on larger devices are given layouts that doesn't work for them?