It however does not matter for the large majority of people who use those top 100 or even top 100,000 websites or even top 1,000,000 websites, and do not have the education, skill or time to learn about all the alternatives, if there are even any. It doesn't matter for the people living under repressive regimes who want to inform themselves on foreign news sites, access foreign NGO sites, or even watch things on youtube or look and/or participate in social media. And so on...
A large part of the web is not functional without js, and just because you chose to not use that part of the web (much) doesn't invalidate that point.
So I'd politely suggest you may tone it down a little when it comes to calling "nonsense".
> and do not have the education, skill or time to learn about all the alternatives,
With respect, this is hackernews. When I converse with people
here I do so with a different expectation of intellect and curiosity.
There are voices here who excuse technological abuses by appeal to the
ignorance of "the masses" - completely missing that there is a
different spirit going on in the sub-text of innovation and
entrepreneurialism here. If, as you claim, the majority are using
defective technologies, then that is a bigger problem, not something
to be celebrated. They deserve better and it's our job to help them
get that.
We clearly have very different lifestyles and values. For me that's the dank basement of the internet,