[tombrossman]

People complain that the Firefox NoScript extension is hard to use and breaks sites, and I see threads like this and think 'time to re-evaluate'.

The site with FF + NoScript loads perfectly. Everything I need to read the article and use my keyboard shortcuts works fine, no tampering with my preferences. 20 requests, about 1.5kB and loads in just a hair over one second for me - perfect.

It really is an improvement over the defaults that most websites deliver. It's true that some sites completely break without JavaScript but these are not the norm, and if they are worthy you can always choose to whitelist them temporarily or permanently. I've used the extension for about ten years and have only needed to whitelist a few dozen sites total.

Do yourselves a favor and give it a try if you haven't already. I can't guarantee you will love it immediately but as your 'cut through all the bullshit' option it truly excels.