Comment by khronix

This is a trend I've noticed also, behemoths breaking standards without permission nor apology, crushing the canary in the coal mine (w3m/lynx, though emacs eww browser works). As a member of an IT Development team creating various web applications, we have found different approaches are needed based on client needs and workflow. We develop many complex data-based backed query/display single page web apps usually with zero js. Where not needed it is little more than a security hole begging for trouble. Where no 'live' user experience is required this is equals resource waste (xtra payload, xtra client cpu cycles if no js blocker) especially in many work environments.

As user/engineer I am annoyed when any site sends me their worthless js to execute unnecessarily, thus wasting my devices cpu cycles, battery, plus my lifejuice, and for what??? In most cases nothing I want/desire/need, therefore just to make a bigger tool of me than before, and not for the better. That being said, using web communications, live/simulated data visualizations benefit greatly from js.

Separation of concerns is what is missing, js was created to benefit and enhance user experience, the ne'er do wells have hacked it into a tool mindlessly used and often enough does screw the user over without permission nor apology...

Interestingly the creators of what became Google received their start with NSF funding. Good way to finish off giving everyone the finger Google, continue to 'do only evil'...