I'd happily do away with web browsers and use only native programs for each site I usually visit. For instance, when I still used reddit, I did through a fantastic command-line program called rtv [0]. I'd most definitely use something similar for HN, or any other platform--Wikipedia, for example, or ArtWiki, or MUBI. We certainly don't need a web browser as it is conceived today.

[0] https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv. No longer maintained.