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by javindo 3279 days ago
I have a visual impairment and one of the things I love about Chrome on Android is the ability to override sites blocking pinch to zoom (i.e. "force enable pinch to zoom").

AMP, also made by Google, seems to somehow get around this browser setting, making AMP sites unreadable and therefore completely useless to me.

Why does Google have these obvious discrepancies between their own products?
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ClassyJacket 3279 days ago
Google's approach to design has always seemed to be to wall off a bunch of teams in separate soundproof rooms with no communication with each other, meetings, or contact with the outside world. Also they're only allowed to use iPhones.

This is the only way I can imagine we ended up with 437 different messaging apps and counting, and the problem you described.

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fgandiya 3279 days ago
> Also they're only allowed to use iPhones

Why is that? Seems a bit ironic...

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Bartweiss 3279 days ago
AMP with Chrome on Android also breaks the back button on many (all) sites? If you pass through several links within a site, then hit back, Google will forget all that and dump you back to search results. Disable AMP and the problem goes away.
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