His complaint about JavaScript doesn’t really make sense on several levels. (1) Things websites do that he doesn’t like aren’t all done by JavaScript. Some of

His complaint about JavaScript doesn’t really make sense on several levels. (1) Things websites do that he doesn’t like aren’t all done by JavaScript. Some of the most insidious tracking on the web is done with script-free methods like tracking pixels, link decoration parameters, redirect bounces, etc. (2) his comments about the horror of downloading and running programs betray a lack of understanding of the security model of the web. (2) His logic amounts to: “a language is used in a programming environment where some bad things sometimes happen. Therefore don’t use the language for anything else.” This is childish purity based non-logic. Should we also avoid HTTP? CSS? I hear a lot of browsers are implemented in combos of C, C++, and Rust. Should we avoid all those too?