Ask HN: Why is font boosting a thing and still not tunable by the user?

2 points by ggm 4 days ago

I am subjected to "font boosting" on some Web pages with android chrome. I understand how website owners can mitigate but I find myself wondering why all the Web refs are 10+ years old and android/Chrome developers are in a #wontfix on this? Why is this not something I can own in flags? It's a classic UI preference issue, ie user pref, not enforced mandatory.