I wonder why they decided to go with the specific language order that the messages appear in on the new page. First English is shown, which makes sense as it’s the most widely spoken language in the world. But then Arabic appears, which has far fewer speakers than e.g. Spanish or Mandarin. French and Russian are also shown before the Spanish message finally shows up. Perhaps I’m reading into the details too much, but this seems somewhat biased to me.

It reminds me of the “Hello” message that appears after (re-)installing iOS, which also cycles through different languages, but there the order is at least randomized iirc.

The languages switch too fast. Many readers will not have finished reading the text.

The switch to HTTPS means I can no longer use it to check if a public Wi-Fi network is working.

I didn't know they changed the page until I saw this article. Interesting.

Maybe it could be further optimized, if it did return a plaintext answer, if the user agent is curl or similar.

IMHO they should have followed some opinionated advice on how to build a website:

https://modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems/

Or indeed the classic:

https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

It's an example. It should be exemplary, in size and in simplicity.

It would also be interesting to see the content of the email initially sent to IANA