[Dalewyn]

>what is HNs obsession with disabling JavaScript? Are y’all browsing the internet like this? If so how and why? Isn’t most of the modern web dependent on JavaScript?

You know how most security vulnerabilities are some form or another of Remote Code Execution, right?

Well, now consider what JavaScript usually is: Code from a Remote server that Executes on its own locally. The remote server might not have anything to do with the website you intended to visit, too.

The literal nature of JavaScript is a security threat and liability.

[pjc50]

There are surprisingly few RCEs that rely on Javascript, compared to good old PDF or occasionally other media type viewers.