UBlock is much more reliable than no script in my experience. It’s also usually obvious when it breaks; no script sometimes isn’t obvious until you hit submit and notice none of what you typed actually got sent.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then just put those sites on your trust list?

You can go through all the sites the initial HTTP request calls out to and decide which ones get a pass. This is how I ensure sites like gstatic, googletagmanager, etc. don't collect data even though the rest of the site works.

If that's too much, just open the flood gates for that site and trust everything there. At least it isn't just sending all your data out by DEFAULT.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That still breaks a lot of sites. For example, Wikipedia gets broken if you click any link and then navigate back. NoScript is just crap. If you want to actually block scripts for something without breaking everything else, use DevTools.

[–] hai@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You can use Wikiless, an alternative frontend for Wikipedia which doesn't have JavaScript, and LibRedirect.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I call bs. I am not experiencing that on mobile or desktop this behavior you're describing. NoScript does not break Wikipedia.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It does it on my phone. 100% repeatable.

[–] gammasfor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah these days literally every website uses JavaScript in some format as modern reactive design is easier to do if you can execute client side code. Blocking JavaScript is a sledgehammer solution to the problem.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Same here. I used NoScript in the past and remembering whitelisting way too often so dumped it in the end. Now I just use uBlock with I think some built-in javascript block of known bad hosts.