For me, I consider the real test for a website's performance to be how it reacts under JS disabled conditions. Using NoScript has completely changed the way I use the internet. Combine that with DoH and filtering and you can remove a large part of the jank that fills browsers needlessly.
It's a delicate balancing act, but it puts you in control. Sometimes it's just not worth the hassle, and I suspect it's why you see many comments like "just read the f* article", except sites are so slow and cause so much rendering and CPU cycles it's just an abuse of the platform.
Websites are capable of serving text without JS being required.
With increasing adoption of reCaptcha v3 which won't let you browse on any page without Javascript, it will become harder and harder to use the internet with NoScript enabled.
I've tried several times to get used to NoScript, but there's just too much friction in day-to-day usage. I already get regular breakage due to agressive uBlock configuration.
It's a delicate balancing act, but it puts you in control. Sometimes it's just not worth the hassle, and I suspect it's why you see many comments like "just read the f* article", except sites are so slow and cause so much rendering and CPU cycles it's just an abuse of the platform.
Websites are capable of serving text without JS being required.