The effort required to implement a JS engine and keep trendchasing the latest changes with it is a huge barrier to entry, not to mention the insane amount of fi

The effort required to implement a JS engine and keep trendchasing the latest changes with it is a huge barrier to entry, not to mention the insane amount of fingerprinting and other privacy-hostile, anti-user techniques it enables. Seeing what used to be simple HTML forms turned into bloated invasive webapps to accomplish the exact same thing seriously angers me; and everyone else who wanted an easily accessible and freedom-preserving Internet.