[JimBrimble35]

Aside from the obvious usability benefits, this kind of thing makes it abundantly clear why much of the web has gone to javascript dependent SPAs. If you need JS to run the site, then you also have to leave it on to be tracked/fingerprinted.

Kind of makes sense why companies like Google and Facebook have invested so much in creating open-source front-end frameworks. The ROI is probably phenomenal.

I get that stackoverflow isn't an SPA, it just made me think of this point.

Side-note: you can block JS on stackoverflow and still view answers. That works for 98% of my usecase for the site.

[__jal]

> If you need JS to run the site

... Then I move on. Those dorky little crapware widgets are basically never worth looking at in any case, and I do take that sort of strategic tooling decision as a signal that I probably don't want to accept the 'bargain' being offered.

[JimBrimble35]

That's fair, my point is that in many cases (a rapidly growing number of cases), the entire site is JS. If you need to service, then you have to accept the tracking.