[jjav]

> Isn’t most of the modern web dependent on JavaScript?

Way more than justified, sadly. Web pages are supposed to serve documents which can be read, there is zero need for client-side scripting in that case. And that's the predominant use case.

Yes, javascript is useful for the occasional site that needs client-side interactivity. Games that run on the browser are a good use case. Maybe the only one.

But for documents? No, absolutely not needed.

As to why object to it? Code running on my computer being served from an untrusted third party is always a huge security risk. I don't want to run your code, I don't trust some random website admin. Yes, browsers do their best at containing the malware but it will never be completely perfect. The only perfect solution is to simply never run any code being served off some random website. Which means disabling javascript as much as possible.