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Espressosaurustoday at 12:29 AM2 repliesview on HN

It became insane because nothing bloody worked without Javascript some time in the early 2010s.

Like cellphones, javascript became necessary if you want to use webmail, access your bank's website, or whatever.


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ThunderSizzletoday at 12:51 AM

I still run with u matrix though, and most third party requests can be limited, but I no longer have enough patience when a required page doesn't work - I'll just rely on ublock origin to work.

nixosbestostoday at 12:48 AM

I say this as someone does NOT disable JS in my main browser (because like, I have a job), but also knows a fair bit about why Firefox inside Tails now restarts in some cases...

It's the classic thing. Across every gdmf metric, excluding with "true empathy", no one *gives a fuck* until it affects them, or someone within (1-3) degrees of separatation. And having broad empathy is generally a good way to get yourself labeled/astrocized: both about as obvious "compriate" and obvious "adversary".

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