>be me >2024+1 >see daily “just disable JS lol” threads on /g/ anon, you are not owning the web by disabling JavaScript you are just time-traveling to 1997 and proudly LARPing as a Geocities warrior while the rest of the internet moved on >but muh fingerprinting 90 % of the fingerprinting surface that actually matters (canvas, audio context, webgl, fonts, etc.) still works with JS disabled because browsers expose it to CSS and other side channels anyway NoScript + uBlock Origin medium/high mode already nukes 99.8 % of tracking without turning every site into a 404 with extra steps >but muh minimalism disabling JS is the opposite of minimalism you now need a 500-line hosts file, custom CSS injectors, bookmarklets that patch broken sites, and a text file with 300 exceptions because half the web (including archive.is) just refuses to load that’s bloat, just bloat you manage manually instead of letting uBlock do it for you >but muh single-page apps bad yes SPAs are cancer, but the solution isn’t breaking your browser, it’s using extensions that lazy-load JS or straight-up refusing to visit React-ridden trash sites you still end up with a smoother experience than the guy who has to middle-click “enable JS for this session” every 5 minutes >but muh security the last remote code execution in Firefox/Chrome because “JS was enabled” was literally never if you keep your browser updated meanwhile people who disable JS still visit shady sites and get drive-by cryptominers because they turned off the one thing that lets uBlock filter that shit in real time tldr: disabling JavaScript globally in 2025 is the new “I use Dvorak and tilde hooks” it’s a giant flex that makes your life worse in exchange for 0.3 % extra privacy and a smug sense of superiority run ublock + noscript in whitelist mode like a sane person or keep coping with your 1995 browsing experience, I don’t care
>>107265960I've had both JS and cookies disabled globally for about 10 years and 90% of sites don't care, most of the time the experience isn't negatively impacted at all and is far better than the rare times I test with them enabled (yes, I also use uBlock Origin in strict mode with a number of extra handpicked filters).The only issue I run into is sometimes needing to whitelist JS on cuckflare sites but that really isn't as common as you may think.
>>107265960>CSS is a side channel for executionMore retarded frogposter than usual
>>107266114you can query CSS from CSS in a way that leaks information back to the server
>>107265960>drive-by cryptominers>with js disabledhow the fuck does this make senseif you're disabling js you're also most likely disabling >canvas, audio context, webglso this discussion immediately falls apart
