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by ClumsyPilot 1703 days ago
"To be honest the people who want to visit a website, for free, and then insist on how that website is delivered are super entitled."

This is a very poor argumnet - stealing data is a crime.

Why should people accept being victims of robbery just because they are in a free library or music concert?

Secondly, many websites have a paid plan - OneDrive, Xero, Flikr, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. This is a terrible attitude: "I gave you candy for free, so don't complain if it's poisoned"

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That’s a bit warped of a comparison - 99% plus of website JS isn’t a poisoned Apple that will cause some kind of real harm.

That (in your analogy) everyone giving candy on Halloween provides a potential threat vector for a serial killer to occasional slip one in is them taking advantage of an ecosystem that everyone desires, not a malicious act from everyone giving out candy.