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Re:The modern HTTPS world has no place for old web servers by josteink on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:50AM (#23168112)
> Making 99.9% of websites ask for js permissions, and often break if the user clicks no, is just adding unneeded friction for the huge majority of cases.

That problem is solved by making sites avoid needless JS.

Today I can browse almost every major news-site without JS and they won’t visually break. Same for documentation. It’s all documents after all.

If I enable JS they load megabytes of scripts and still act just the same. What did those scripts bring me? Increased CPU load and lowered battery life.

What is it wrong with not wanting that as default?

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Re:The modern HTTPS world has no place for old web servers by UncleMeat on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:55AM (#23168175)
You want that as a default. You aren't wrong for your own needs. But your needs are different than other people. The large majority of web usage is not interacting with documents. It is interacting with applications.

"I wish things were like the 90s, but with broadband" is a constant refrain among techies but go talk to the rest of the world and it is absolutely not what people want.

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