Just started getting this now. Hopefully it’s some A/B testing that they’ll stop doing, but I’m not holding my breath
I know this may come off as a surprise: but I imagine that requiring JS in 2024 isn’t a big deal to most people.
Now of course Lemmy skews more into that small crowd.
I don’t blame any website for requiring JS for full functionality in 2024.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I hate how these kinds of messages never explain WHY. It’s just “Do it. Do what we tell you.” 💀
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
BOW TO YOUR MASTERS, AND SUCK OUR DICK!!!
I remember 10 years ago looking at a calculator app in the android app store, and seeing the permissions. And thinking “WHY THE FUCK DOES A CALCULATOR NEED MY LOCATION, AND ACCESS TO MY PHONE CONTACTS???”
Fuck THAT.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What dick? pretty sure it’s fallen off from all the STD’s.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I found out yesterday the Samsung camera app will not function without “Nearby Devices” permissions. Utterly ridiculous.
sleen@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
All those years, and I still have no explanation why some apps want my browsing history.
Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
For ads, tracking and spying of course.
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Probably because 99.999% of users already use JS and dedicating a web page to it is already more work than they needed to put into it
fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think it’s just to avoid explaining why, and how they harvest your data. That said, I also hate how a lot of errors of the big corpo are just like “This site has an error” no error-code, no further feedback what to do etc.
stratoscaster@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No no it’s more interesting if it’s for evil corporate reasons! Lmao
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Because they dont need to
Hyperlon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A lot of websites are react which doesn’t function without JavaScript. It’s a more powerful tool for web dev and can be a better experience for the user if used right.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Great. If that was their reason, they could explain that. But they didn’t and that’s my beef.
But since you seem to be tech savvy, you also already know why they don’t explain which great features of react they want to use on this page. And we all already know it’s not for the user’s benefit. It’s for money they receive from data mining every minute of our lives.
Artyom@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Because if they typed out an honest reason why, you would avoid them like the plague.