At the same time, the users are rightfully complaining, their experience has been made noticeably worse in multiple ways to no benefit. Worse, they essentially get taunted.
> the users are rightfully complaining [because] their experience has been made noticeably worse in multiple ways to no benefit
Depends on your definition of rightfully. This is a ad-free, cost-free website. If they want to reduce server load or prioritize something other than non-JS experience, it’s their prerogative.
Especially when the complaint is “it’s slower on my client” and not “I can no longer access the data without JavaScript”
