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I browse with JS disabled by default because of shoddy ad networks and incredibly annoying dynamic effects on websites. (I go to like 5 websites on my phone bec
by SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
I browse with JS disabled by default because of shoddy ad networks and incredibly annoying dynamic effects on websites. (I go to like 5 websites on my phone because of how unusable the internet is without blocking that nonsense.)
Now, I may not be the target audience for your app, and that's fine, but it's unfair to dismiss people browsing without JS for strawman reasons.
- fokinsean 10y agoWhy not use an ad blocker?
- na85 10y agoWhy not both?
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoI can use several things. Adblockers generally do two things: block specific domains and change the rendering of certain elements. Browsing with JS disabled handles things like stopping certain kinds of code -- even loaded from the primary domain -- from running. Layered defense usually works better than a single method, and advertisers, privacy violators, etc have shown a willingness to enter a full on arms race. So I responded in similar measure. The honest truth is I just don't want to do business with most people trying to run code on my computer, so if that's a sticking point for them on using their product, I just don't use it.
- fokinsean 10y agoGood point
- sangupta 10y agoI use a crowd-sourced hosts file on my system to block most of the ad-networks and metrics tracking sites. Check out https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts