Hit similar problem and after go through bunch of trouble when I worked to update decade old website with non-UTF8 encoding and it's end up that Chrome removed

Hit similar problem and after go through bunch of trouble when I worked to update decade old website with non-UTF8 encoding and it's end up that Chrome removed that trivial encoding selection feature from menu. So I switched back to Firefox after probably 7 years with Chrome / Chromium and absolutely happy with it. Also end-up that modern web pretty much usable with NoScript and ability to install some YouTube enhancement addons is nice.