Seriously. I can't go a week in HN without reading someone's complaint about not being able to read a quote, probably on mobile. If users keep complaining regularly, it's a problem with the software interface, not the users.
I emailed dang about it a while (years) ago. He said he's added it to the fix list, after initially saying that having a quote tag would mess up the site's "character." You may want to email him too.
Nobody said anything about mobile. Am I missing something?