>Standard accessibility disclaimer to people developing websites: please do not set "user-scalable=no" in the viewport meta tag, as this prevents users from pinch-zooming the page.
100% this. I immediately leave any site that I don't absolutely have to use if it doesn't allow me to pinch, and I'm not visually impaired. Part of the annoyance is knowing that they disabled it on purpose. I realize that there are design considerations that factor into it, but the fact that they designed the site in a way that disables such critical functionality makes me not want to stick around to find out whatever other annoyances it has in store for me.
While it is a shame native apps are so often much more limited in usability than webpages, the grandparent does point out that part of the annoyance is disabling it on purpose.
Zoom in native would be great but it's something you have to implement, not a feature you get for free that you explicitly go out of your way to remove.
100% this. I immediately leave any site that I don't absolutely have to use if it doesn't allow me to pinch, and I'm not visually impaired. Part of the annoyance is knowing that they disabled it on purpose. I realize that there are design considerations that factor into it, but the fact that they designed the site in a way that disables such critical functionality makes me not want to stick around to find out whatever other annoyances it has in store for me.