Well, it doesn't block zooming in, like most modern "mobile" designs... A win for me.

It is certainly incredible how much effort is spent in making interfaces less accessible than they would have been with less effort, isn't it?

It's like we don't deserve nice things.

But we do! I'm one of those "the old web was better" people and really believe that if we combine the simplicity of the old web, modern browsers and a splash of modern reason (to ditch things like flash), and we have a sweet spot. Web in which lacking accessibility can be addressed by tooling like screen readers, reading mode, enforcing your own custom css, or full text in RSS.