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Remember when the web looked like this?
Or this:
https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
Found this in the source code, lol
The free web will never escape trackers…
You're not wrong but i don't think this has anything to do with being free. If companies want to track you, they will (except for those whosr business model is privacy maybe). Regardless of how much you pay them.
I read this with Samuel L. Jackson's voice and it sounds motherfucking cool
this is gold, thank you
Hot take: the internet was better when it was simpler like that.
Not hot take; correct take
Fast loading, accessible, secure, adjusts to any screen size. This might be the perfect site.
Why did we stray from the path of good and mess with JavaScript?
Serious answer: because we wanted interactive sites (ajax it used to be called, iirc), like most online shopping.
Less serious answer: indeed, what do we even need javascript for when we have
marquee
andblink
tags?JavaScript if done right can transform a website into something greater, like a game for instance. But excessive JavaScript on an article website can go to hell.
https://www.littlewargame.com in particular is pretty nice
nice 👌