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No, you don't know what the reasons are. You're assuming he just wants to avoid graphical interfaces. That might not be the reason. In fact, I suspect that it has to do privacy, where lynx won't help you.

>>ekjhgk+(OP)
What is the privacy leak vector using lynx? It does not use JS, so I'm not sure how running wget on another server is better than lynx over ssh or mosh?

>>kracke+K
I don't know, we're both speculating. I'm just advising against "oh he could just as well do X" - you don't know.