The article is from 2023. And yes, the world did move on to using just `<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">` for a pretty long time.
width=device-width is actually redundant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36112889
I think you are right. We should get rid of that whole line. If a user sets a specific zoom/scale of their choosing, let's just respect it and let it be.
> I think you are right. We should get rid of that whole line.
That's not what I said. If you omit initial-scale=1, then sites looks terrible and unreadable on mobile.