> i'm not a "parasite" for having a personal threat model

Of course not. You're a parasite because if everyone had your "personal threat model"[1] it would kill the platform you're using and you wouldn't even have the option of noscript. I think the metaphor is apt and I stand by it.

[1] FWIW, this conflation of legitimate security jargon with what amounts to wanting more settings tunables in your app is sort of a bad smell. It seems insincere, honestly.