alt Hacker NewsI don't like this solution because it is hostile to those who use solutions such as UMatrix / NoScript in their browser, who use TUI browsers (e.g. chawan, lynx, w3m, ...) or who have disabled Javascript outright.
Admittedly, this is no different than the kinds of ways Anubis is hostile to those same users, truly a tragedy of the commons.
Whether intentional or not, there is an obvious benefit to the website operator in forcing users to expose themselves to images and Javascript by requiring the use of particular software. e.g., a popular graphical browser from a company providing advertising services (Google, Apple, etc.) or partnering with one (Mozilla):
It makes (a) visual advertising and (b) tracking viable
I read the www text-only, no auto-loading of resources (images, etc.), and I see no ads