Reuters.com No Longer Works with Javascript Disabled

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It used to show a page with wrong-sized images, but at least you could read the headlines and click into the articles.

Now it just has the text "Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker"

Reuters.com now requires JavaScript to function, prompting frustration among users who prefer to browse without it, and sparking a discussion about the state of web accessibility and user preferences.

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rkagererAuthor

2 months ago

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Please feel free to share links to any decent news sites still out there with global coverage, that aren't too biased, and let you browse without JavaScript.

ksherlock

2 months ago

lite.cnn.com doesn't need javascript. "decent" and "biased", of course, depends on your perspective.

ceejayoz

2 months ago

https://text.npr.org/

https://github.com/localjo/awesome-text-only-news

raw_anon_1111

2 months ago

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I can’t understand why people expect websites to work in 2025 without JavaScript. It’s been a standard part of web browsers for 25 years

leros

2 months ago

I don't personally see much audience for non-JS websites other than headless web crawler. It's good for SEO but otherwise why bother?

I actually intentionally put some content behind JavaScript because AI crawlers see enough of the page to reference it as a source but not enough of the answer to provide the answer without linking to my site. I get decent traffic from AI bots as a result.

namegulf

2 months ago

Most paywalled sites are going JS heavy lately and only showing partial content.

Looks like they want only subscribers read full article.

bell-cot

2 months ago

It still works kinda-okay-ish for me. Perhaps because I'm using Privacy Badger to block cookies? (Using FF, NoScript, and a US internet connection, FWIW.)

more_corn

2 months ago

Let’s create a browser that just loads archive links or all pages if available.

I’m sick of cookie pop ups, terms of service popups, ads. I’m sorely tempted to quit the internet altogether.

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