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by JohnFen 1055 days ago
> what is HNs obsession with disabling JavaScript?

It's a defensive measure to help prevent tracking and other attacks.

> Are y’all browsing the internet like this?

I am.

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

A well-designed webpage degrades gracefully and is still usable without JS. There are plenty of badly-designed websites that don't do this, of course. I just don't go back to those.