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by ttybird 1675 days ago
I do not see how the things that you mentioned could not apply to an https+html subset.
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A HTML subset allowing client-side choice of presentation to the extent of Gemini would not even allow nested divs for layout, or top header bars (static or floating). It's a spartan choice that even most static blogs don't supply by default. IMO the ability for a client to render a page beautifully without page-supplied styling is essential (reader mode is a pile of heuristics they often fail), but pages do get monotonous and sites indistinguishable, with no server styling whatsoever.
And instead you get an ascii-art layout :p

I think that as long as they skip site-supplied css it should be kinda fine.