A modern use case: I like RSS in my terminal so I use newsboat but hate it opening firefox and swapping me out of the terminal when I want to read more. So I have it use lynx instead.

I also have a computer without a DE that can browse the web (lynx), look at pictures (JP2a), watch movies (I don't recall the name of the program but it converts the video to ASCII), edit word docs (take your pick), and send email (mail).

Invidious, newpipe, and freetube are really just alternative front ends for youtube.

Ah fair, I am not from the UK but a rugby mate of mine passed some UK culture on and tried to teach us how to speak "the Queen's English"

Chips in the UK are called crisps and fries are called chips.

Not to be a purist, but this doesn't read very much like a linux meme

The owners of the instance are free to run it the way they wish. There are many other instances and perhaps one of those is more what you are looking for.

I wonder why it wants network access