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Javascript is not necessary to consume content. It wasn't necessary twenty years ago. It's necessary to deliver complex applications that happen to also run in
by adrianN 6y ago
Javascript is not necessary to consume content. It wasn't necessary twenty years ago. It's necessary to deliver complex applications that happen to also run in the browser. We don't need another standard to usurp HTML+Javascript, we need to stop the practice of using technology that is meant for writing applications like Google Docs to display two paragraphs that were copied from the AP news feed.
- the_other 6y agoWe didn’t need it, but it does make content better. Most of the problematic javascript that exists isn’t “content”, or even “apps”, it’s surveillance capitalism, attention capital and advertising.
- EveYoung 6y agoI think it really depends on the audience. While certain use cases justify optimisation and SSR, for many sites it just doesn't matter that much. If most of the users are on desktop and have fiber/4G, why bother with all of that?