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Sounds worse than it is. Most sites work fine without and the ones that absolutely require it will have messages requesting you enable it.

Beyond the privacy/security benefits of not running arbitrary code in your browser, the web is a lot faster without JavaScript involved.

I dont think I've heard of anyone avoiding JS completely. TFA mentions using JS.

My approach is to use the NoScript extension and only allowlist the minimum to get web apps to run. Most news sites work fine (i.e. are readable) without JS, so often I just see faster page load times and decreased data transfer. Even fewer ads and decreased tracking are great too, but secondary benefits.

I don't think my browsing habits are different since adopting this approach. I use NoScript to cut the junk and improve the experience.

Look at Hackernews, Stackoverflow or Amazon.

All of them work perfectly fine without JS! And only Stackoverflow (Markdown Preview) has a reason to use it at all.