[Domenic_S]

Hold control on your MBP and scroll up. It zooms in.

command and '+' zooms text.

Scrolling down generally scrolls to the end of a page. Scrolling down here scrolls to the end of the galaxy.

Hold out your hand and make the "unpinch" gesture, which enlarges photos in iOS and Android. Which direction do your scrolling fingers move?

[ynniv]

Hold control on your MBP and scroll up. It zooms in.

This is a rare interaction, which is arguably backwards.

command and '+' zooms text. Scrolling down generally scrolls to the end of a page. Scrolling down here scrolls to the end of the galaxy.

Those are all logical, not physical mappings. They are not relevant here.

Hold out your hand and make the "unpinch" gesture, which enlarges photos in iOS and Android. Which direction do your scrolling fingers move?

Left and right? You're seriously stretching to make your argument. People pull things towards them to get a better view. They push them away to see the bigger picture. Done.

[Domenic_S]

You can't be serious. Put your hand to your monitor, and with your thumb and forefinger, unpinch. Your thumb and finger move left and right?

So my counterexamples are irrelevant, and you unpinch in a way nobody else does. Sounds like you just get off on being contrarian.