> Then I personally don’t care about needing JS to view the site (it’s 2024…)
In 2024, shouldn't hacker news visitors get that receiving a passive document to display locally is a thing, and having to run unaudited code from random strangers on your machine all the time is quite another? Then reopen the conversation about browser security?
Or, instead, get that simplicity is our ally, but unneeded complexity is the root of much evil?
Visit e.g. any stackexchange site with script disabled and be enlightened.
In 2024, shouldn't hacker news visitors get that receiving a passive document to display locally is a thing, and having to run unaudited code from random strangers on your machine all the time is quite another? Then reopen the conversation about browser security?
Or, instead, get that simplicity is our ally, but unneeded complexity is the root of much evil?
Visit e.g. any stackexchange site with script disabled and be enlightened.