[orbitur]

I think the happy medium is one of the browser extensions. I'm using "Hacker New" for Chrome, and it adds basic nice things like default larger text, comment collapsing. Of course, I get used to it and become annoyed if I decide to visit the unmodified HN on my mobile device.

[taude]

I installed Hacker New a long time ago and I forgot I was even using it until I went to Hacker News from a different browser