Using JS is not enforced on anyone. Several (successful) websites are powered by alternatives to JS. Infact, HN itself does not use JS. You could argue there i

Using JS is not enforced on anyone. Several (successful) websites are powered by alternatives to JS. Infact, HN itself does not use JS. You could argue there is a lot more economic incentive to use JS to to the sheer number of jobs, but no one is being forced.