> This seems like "IT-style" troubleshooting and fixing, and even then it seems half-hearted. Can't you install other browsers on iPad?
iOS devices limit browsers to only using the Safari engine so any installed browsers will have the same limitation.
> You could also install extensions like stylish on Chrome and fix it therein. You could try blocking the CSS file from loading. [0]
The chaining operator is a JavaScript enhancement. Sure, you could block the JavaScript but considering the site doesn't work when the JavaScript fails I don't think blocking JavaScript will fix the site.
An extension, like https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/resource-override/..., that is similar to the dev tools local overrides might let you fork the site's JS files. But that isn't a maintainable approach.