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Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by dijit on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:43AM (#27561466)
I use a browser called Qutebrowser which doesn't have a noscript addon; but I can disable javascript loading on a domain level.

However, overall I can tell you for absolute certain: if you have JS partially disabled things break in non-obvious ways and I find myself playing whack-a-mole with allowing various domains to load javascript to get the page working.

I'm pretty certain you do also, because it's basically impossible to tell why certain damned sites are broken and the most obvious thing to do is just enable JS temporarily to see if it works at all.

This is especially annoying on some part of a site such as checkout- where reloading the page causes a form resubmission.

Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by alisonkisk on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:23PM (#27561849)
I like this breakage because it makes me unhappy with the website and less likely to use it -- the immune system is working as it should.
Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by KronisLV on Saturday June 19, 2021 @01:40PM (#27562524)
That's probably a good approach for random news sites and such, much less so when your internet banking and even online shopping sites require JS on.
Re:Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance by lanstin on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:03AM (#27567241)
If the actual payment is via Paypal I think it usually works without JavaScript in the merchant. And like content, there is no shortage of places to buy stuff.

For banking i use their phone app or else visit them in person. But I use a credit union not a bank as I want to trust the people holding my money.