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But then the website might not look like the designer's glistening perfect vision, that only ever worked properly in their browser on their desktop in the first place.

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The reason this is done is to get rid of extra latency when processing user input. I guess detecting zoom gestures needs some time to distinguish them from normal clicks?

I wonder if it helps them detect when I leave and go search for something that works.

Presuming you are correct:

* Some number of people are sensitive to latency

* Some people are unable to read my website

You're gambling that there are more people who would walk away due to latency, than there are who would walk away due to being unable to interact with your site at all.

Personally I suspect that to be a poor tradeoff.

Everyone will be affected by the latency vs a few will be affected by the lack of accessibility. This is what your tradeoff is.

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