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by OJFord 2541 days ago
> 5) works better with Javascript disabled

Ironically, I find there's (broadly) two sorts of JS-enabled website:

- completely broken without (often just a blank canvas) - works better without than with

The most entertaining 'works better' example I've had is a site that gave me a free upgrade, because I was blocking client-side price manipulation.

Google Maps however: block canvas fingerprinting, and it's Goodbye CPU!

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Google Maps uses the Canvas API to draw the map. If you disable it, what do you expect to happen?
It still works (perhaps only some of the API deemed 'fingerprinty' is blocked, I don't know) - slowly - it just shoots CPU usage up and battery down.
Server side map tile rasterization like the old days, maybe