User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-3236835-20150519225751/@comment-126761-20150519231323

Though I understand where you're coming from, a large reason for the changes is because that idea simply isn't the case these days - there is a very, very long continuum of devices from smaller tablets to large desktop monitors. Without more consistency in how articles look across devices, it is rather complex and involving to create articles that work nicely across all of them (for everyone involved).