Exactly, or be able to just use a text-mode browser.

Or wget to save a set of pages for later.

I understand protecting commenting with captcha, or contact forms. But captcha on regular read-only access to public web pages in the style of Cloudflare is a bit ridiculous.

One thing contact forms should have is a static indication there's a captcha in use. I've filled all too many forms that just sent my written text to void, because I block some domains.