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The "modern web" does not want to work without JS. It definitely could work without JS for the most part.

• afavour 6y ago
  I don’t know about that. Google Maps (or any “slippy” map) couldn’t work. Instant messaging couldn’t work. Video chat wouldn’t work. Rich document editing wouldn’t work. I get that some people would like that because they think all those things belong in native apps, but that’s not where the “modern web” is today.
  • astrobe_ 6y ago
    If we didn't complain about Java applets, we still would have Java applets. If we didn't complain about Flash, we still would have Flash applets. Yesterday there was however people that were saying, "that's how it is, deal with it" or "But, but... Without it we can't have this and that" or "The ship has sailed, get over it". Today, we have reasons to complain about JS. Yes, it enhances interactivity, but it also abused. There's a lot of unwanted interactivity (the type of one-way interactivity that lets a server know more than necessary about their clients).