> What's the alternative? Many websites listed on the page don't even need JS.[0] Consider how just a few years ago there used to be an entire suite of altern

> What's the alternative? Many websites listed on the page don't even need JS.[0] Consider how just a few years ago there used to be an entire suite of alternative frontends to major "web apps"/"social media platforms", which generally worked without any JS, and were created & ran by volunteers. In general, they all provided superior UX by just not loading megabytes and megabytes of tracking code; this would be the alternative.[1] Now they are slowly evaporating: not because of lack of interest, but because it was affecting the margins of these companies, and they actively blocked the frontends.[2] So I think of it this way: these megabytes and megabytes of JS do not serve me, the user. It's just code designed to fill the pockets of giant corporations that is running on my computer. Which is, indeed, quite infuriating. OK, maybe not even that; after all, you get what you pay for. It's just sad that despite the technological possibilities, this is the norm we have arrived at. [0]: Of course, there is valid use of JS, it's a wonderful technology. I'm talking about cases where you could pretty much write the whole thing in pure HTML without losing core functionality. [1]: Well, only if there existed a viable financing model besides "selling user data to the highest bidder" :( technologically at least, it's possible. [2]: See cases of bibliogram, teddit, libreddit, nitter, ...