>Third party scripts are blocked or just fail to load all the time
What's your strategy for dealing with jquery not getting loaded?
>APIs change suddenly, etc.
That's going to be an issue regardless of you check whether the script is loaded or not.
What's your strategy for dealing with jquery not getting loaded?
>APIs change suddenly, etc.
That's going to be an issue regardless of you check whether the script is loaded or not.
Host it on your own infrastructure so that it's the same reliability as your site itself?
You can save your site by self-hosting jQuery, but if your business depends on Google Maps you should at least handle failure more gracefully than a blank screen.
That hasn't been true for years due to timing attacks. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24745748