The need for the user-friendly resource limitations in browsers is real. E.g. https://www.coindesk.com/firefox-announces-move-to-block-cryptomining-scripts ht

The need for the user-friendly resource limitations in browsers is real. E.g. https://www.coindesk.com/firefox-announces-move-to-block-cryptomining-scripts https://www.coindesk.com/firefox-announces-move-to-block-cry... I know that solution presented in the article didn't work (neither in Firefox nor in Opera), and I know that from a person close to me who is not "technical" but wants to access some sites which slowed down the person's computer (the sites indeed managed to use exactly 100% of the CPU, that means, to use all cores at once, and to contact regularly some other sites with the "coin" in the name). Then, I've shown the person that the JavaScript can be blocked and that the computer is that way completely responsive... and you know the result: even the non-technical persons do what's rational, once they know that they have a choice.