Request desktop site blocked by IPhone 13

Request Desktop is a “REQUEST” to the site to show the desktop version of the site. It is a REQUEST. The site doesn’t have to honor it. Most sites today are coded to be “responsive”, meaning that they adjust the display to fit the dimensions of the user’s screen; they don’t really have a separate “desktop version”. When you visit a site your browser tells the site the dimensions of your screen; a responsive site uses this information to decide what to display to you, whether you requested mobile or desktop. Back when desktop and mobile versions existed they had different URLs, usually like “website.com” and “m.website.com” or “website.com/m”, but for almost any professional site these distinctions no longer exist. As an example of responsive design, I just tried nytimes.com. When I switched to the “desktop version” it briefly displayed a wide view, then a second later switched to a view appropriate for my iPhone.

I think the answer is you can request it but the website may not provide it.

There is a setting in Settings, Safari too but it seems to make no difference if the website designer suppresses it.

I see no point in Safari offering it if iphone was blocking it.

Do you find it surprising that a desktop device like a laptop gets a desktop view of a website??

Your argument now has two logical inconsistencies.

1. that iphone always blocks desktop views l, even though Google.com and some other sites will display on iphone
2. A desktop device shows desktop view of the blocked sites so that proves it.

I am no longer following this ridiculous argument.

I just tested it with about a dozen websites. All of them switched to the desktop site. I also tried nasa.gov. It switched back and forth, but the desktop image on an iPhone is the same as the mobile image. That is a choice of the website designers. The ability to customize the display to the device is called “responsive design” or a responsive site.

"...So to Apple please update your software so that every site will respond properly to the "Request desktop site"..."

Put that request in here

https://apple.com/feedback

but I still don't think it is possible.

The google site will switch.

This forum will not.

I say it is in the hands of the website owner.

toine144 wrote:

Exactly with nasa.gov it s both the same but if you open it on your computer you will see it differs from the safari. But not much.

That is because the people who run the website have chosen not to allow the desktop site on a mobile device. It is their choice, not your iPhone's, not Apple's.

Tap the "A A" in Safari's URL bar. Then choose "Request Desktop Website".

... and as you rightly say Google site does offer it so iphone does not do a blanket block

EDIT: I removed my answer since, entering that specific website, I discovered that it's not possible to see it in desktop mode.

But the problem is not related to the iPhone.

Regards

Giulio