[jstimpfle]

But you realize you're the oddball that considers the problem solved like that? I'm not sure that being a "hacker" means to straight out refuse things. You're missing out on a lot of fun and inspiring information (and yes, many many hours wasted to irrelevant content).

[zasdffaa]

You make your choices and I make mine. Should a person make the informed choice to immerse themselves in the web as-is with all its problems & risks, ok, but most people just pick the easy path then bitch after. I'm not one of them, and straight out refusal is in fact a viable option for me.

If I do need anything more, there's VMs. BTW what 'fun and inspiring information' do you refer to? Shadertoy is a loss I grant, but what else?

[jstimpfle]

If you miss Shadertoy it won't be hard to imagine other similar things, of which there are plenty. Anything that requires interactivity beyond the one provided by HTML & CSS will obviously require Javascript. Any personalized experience (not only suggestions which yes are evil, but also personal storage) will obviously require cookies to function.

Deleting Cookies on exit (and/or at regular intervals) will probably not help much in terms of avoiding tracking, especially if you log back in using your reinitialized cookies.

[zasdffaa]

> it won't be hard to imagine other similar things, of which there are plenty

which again you don't give.

> Anything that requires interactivity ... obviously require Javascript

jeez, no shit, I get it.

> (some defeatist blah about cookies)

Whatever.

You just persistently don't get it. These are my choices. I made them carefully. They suit me. They may not suit you. We could even compromise if you made an effort to see what I'm after but you won't/can't. Now please try to understand I'm not you, and just back off!

[jstimpfle]

That escalated quickly.