| > maybe I should try it with some Firefox extensions So you're making fun of me although you haven't tried it. Yeah, okay. > But I expect 95% of the web to break if I disable it And you'll be wrong, it is much lower than that (except if you're talking about adverts failing to display, then I guess yes, in that respect it does). I don't give a damn about other sites (and I don't browse intranet sites on my home machine -- if I'm in an office I use their office machine).
If they don't work I don't use them except in rare cases when I really need to in which case they get run in a VM. > you're probably hurting yourself, too That's deeply patronising from somebody who admits they haven't even tried doing what I do, nor has even asked why I and others do it (hint: it's for many of the reasons you described). It sounds like you're talking to a rather stupid child. |
I already use the strictest Tracking Protection stuff in Firefox, for example, and I do hit sites that don't work correctly.
Maybe it's worth revisiting but something tells me that the web uses more JavaScript, not less, since I last tried this experiment.
And regarding the patronizing aspect, let's say your bank's website uses JavaScript, what do you do?
Edit, actually, sorry, I re-read your comment and you answered my question:
> I don't give a damn about other sites (and I don't browse intranet sites on my home machine -- if I'm in an office I use their office machine). If they don't work I don't use them except in rare cases when I really need to in which case they get run in a VM.
Q.e.d.
I'll just rephrase things to something less offensive: you're not "hurting" yourself, you're limiting yourself, sometimes with drawbacks not everyone is able/willing to endure.