I am, apparently, a giant weirdo when it comes to browsing the internet on mobile devices and especially phones. I always want to look at desktop pages, even on my phone

I was just (in the context of reacting to these changes) thinking I felt like the only one who found that! You're not alone :D A non-mobile-optimised page that requires a bit of zooming in/out, horizontal scrolling and resizing is still easier for me to use than a crowded, confusingly minimalist mobile-'friendly' page.