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by mirimir 2234 days ago
> I sometimes wonder if the people claiming to hate client-side technologies or disable JS in their browsers have actually ever had to build a complex website to put food on their table. My bet is the answer is often no, or they are a contrarian in general.

Anyone who cares about privacy allows minimal JS etc. Especially if they're using Tor. And given Tor's high latency and low bandwidth, sites that require lots of client-server dialogue, and/or push lots of data, are a pain to use.

And yes, I've never built complex websites. Just static HTML. Because mostly they've been Tor onion sites, and that's what works best for them.

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Proof that hardly anyone cares about privacy
Most people don't because it never impacts them in a visible or tangible way.
Yeah, that does seem pretty clear. So it goes.