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I use u-block origin on "medium" mode where you have it block 3rd party javascript by default and it behaves the same. Unblocking the cloudflare originating javascript fixes it. I'd guess my setup is more common than having javascript disabled entirely. Not a complaint, just another data point.

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Yes I do have the site behind cloudflare but could remove the javascript rocket loader feature. I will look into this. Thanks for sharing!

Is there some reason you want to block cloudflare JS? If not, wouldn't it be easier to add an exception to uBlock rather than try to get devs to change their site for you?

The extension is blocking 3rd party JS. Nothing against Cloudflare specifically.

There are various reasons to block 3rd party JS; security, privacy etc; CDNs and remote-linking of Javascript and other such content is counter productive to those endeavours.

A good-citizen should aim to self-host anything as important as executable code _where possible_. The reasons, I hope, are obvious.

There are some people who have JS disabled by default. See the NoScript extension. So the dev wouldn't just be changing it for eikenberry, but for all such people.

No reason, I always just add a cloudflare exception and will probably look into making it a global exception as it is pretty common. I was chiming in to help the site dev understand the issue.. giving another data point.

Why would it be easier for all users to add an exception instead of one site owner to make one change?

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