@Suiseiseki the reason webmasters can't implement graceful degradation is that, with the rise of AI, JS will be indispensable to discern humans through proof-of-work captchas and algorithms, in order to prevent service abuse and to respect GDPR & NATO policies on privacy and ecology (less requests -> less pollution and less MitM attack occasions). Obviously, client-side JavaScript will no longer be an optional dependency. Sad but true.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗶𝗰.
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