And what of all those government websites that don't get updated very often, with forms that people rely on to get access to benefits? Something as simple as cl

And what of all those government websites that don't get updated very often, with forms that people rely on to get access to benefits? Something as simple as client-side pre-form-validation would break access and it could be months before anyone does anything about it. Sure, you could argue that the various government bureaus should be better about updating stuff, but that's really just not going to happen.