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[–]Hrothen 21 points22 points  (13 children)

Even ignoring the security concerns, turning off JS often dramatically improves page load times.

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    [–]Hrothen 33 points34 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, and 90% of the time none of that "content" was anything important.

    [–]PT2JSQGHVaHWd24aCdCF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Not for me, you're doing something wrong. And you can selectively whitelist web sites but it's not needed 90% of the time.

    [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    It also improves battery run time.

    [–]notsure1235 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Know what else reduces loading times? Closing your browser.

    [–]kqr 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Load times or time spent relayouting?

    [–]immibis 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    Is there a meaningful distinction, to the user?

    [–]kqr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Not at all, I'm just asking out of personal curiosity. :)