Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoA lot of this interactivity is complete bullshit, especially on sites that are mostly just for static data like news articles, the JS is there for advertisement and analytics and social media and other bullshit
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
News site dev here. I’ll never build a site for this company that relies on JavaScript for anything other than video playback (yay hls patents, and they won’t let me offer mp4 as an alternative because preroll pays my bills, despite everyone expecting news to be free and ad-free)