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In January 2025, Google's web-search engine mandates that user-agents must have JS enabled. Google's justification was that it's a defense mechanism against abusive bots (see also [[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]).<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/</ref><ref>https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/01/18/google-search-javascript</ref><ref>https://serpapi.com/blog/google-now-requires-javascript/</ref> However, some people claim that it's an invalid justification.<ref>https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/javascript-required/</ref> | In January 2025, Google's web-search engine mandates that user-agents must have JS enabled. Google's justification was that it's a defense mechanism against abusive bots (see also [[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]).<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/</ref><ref>https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/01/18/google-search-javascript</ref><ref>https://serpapi.com/blog/google-now-requires-javascript/</ref> However, some people claim that it's an invalid justification.<ref>https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/javascript-required/</ref> | ||
== List of sites refusing to work without JS == | ==List of sites refusing to work without JS== | ||
The following is a non-exhaustive list of websites where most or all pages deliberately only work with JS enabled: | The following is a non-exhaustive list of websites where most or all pages deliberately only work with JS enabled: | ||
* [[YouTube]] | *[[YouTube]] | ||
* [[Facebook]] | *[[Facebook]]. It used to work without it, but at some point it became mandatory. Some people claim that it's possible to use without JS when visiting the "lite" or "mobile basic" variants.{{Citation needed}} | ||
* [[Instagram]] | *[[Instagram]] | ||
* [[X Corp|Twitter]] | *[[X Corp|Twitter]]. It also used to work without it, but some time after being bought by [[Elon Musk]], it became mandatory.{{Citation needed}} | ||
* [[wikipedia:Bluesky|Bluesky]] | *[[wikipedia:Bluesky|Bluesky]]: | ||
** The web app (<code>bsky.app</code>) shows this message if JS is disabled<blockquote>This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.</blockquote>which is questionable at best | **The web app (<code>bsky.app</code>) shows this message if JS is disabled<blockquote>This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.</blockquote>which is questionable at best | ||
** Its legal docs ([https://bsky.social/about/support/tos ToS], [https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy PP], [https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines CG]) need JS to be viewed by humans, however this seems more of an oversight than deliberate | **Its legal docs ([https://bsky.social/about/support/tos ToS], [https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy PP], [https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines CG]) need JS to be viewed by humans, however this seems more of an oversight than deliberate | ||
==Benefits== | ==Benefits== | ||