That bit about openzim was ironic - that text was linked to this page: https://wiki.openzim.org/wiki/OpenZIM - which is protected by Anubis, which doesn't work with many of the simpler browsers that openzim users typically use...

I'm all for blocking hostile scrapers and bots, but surely there's got to be a better solution than the likes of Anubis.

Removing on device translations makes it harder for users to discover the independent web in languages outside their understanding. What a "user hostile" decision.