Really curious to how many people out there actually uses the web without JS and why they turn it off. Hard for me to believe that it is even possible :) Thought everything would be broken.
I personally browse with JS on (with a lot of filters), but I know a lot of people who have it off and whitelist sites that are broken without it. Sometimes on a per-script basis.<p>Main reasons are for extra privacy (scripts aren't there making arbitrary requests), better responsiveness, and better battery life etc. Of course there is a cost.
I usually browse with JS only turned on for top level domains that I visit, then manually turn on the media domains that feed pictures or video, if I want to consume that media. If I frequent the site, I white list it.<p>I enjoy the faster load times for most sites, less battery drain, no auto-playing videos, etc. It took awhile to get used to, but now its just the way to surf (for me) nowadays.