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Re:Exit unicorns, pursued by bears by eythian on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @06:02AM (#22801838)
> It's almost as if rewriting an essentially all-text web site to be a snazzy web app that pushes all the smarts to the client side has some drawbacks! Who could have predicted.

That's not their threat model. 99.9% of people don't think to disable javascript. However at the same time search engines get the full text making the story more discoverable. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get the full story if your referer said you came from Google too, that at least used to be a thing.

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Re:Exit unicorns, pursued by bears by chipotle_coyote on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @11:14AM (#22803952)
You're right, of course, and the search engine full text is a good point. I'm not sure how many sites still give you a break if you come from Google, though -- I remember a fair number used to, but it seems the industry has gotten a lot less generous in that regard.
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