i absolutely hate how the modern web just fails to load if one has javascript turned off. i, as a user, should be able to switch off javascript and have the site work exactly as it does with javascript turned on. it’s not a hard concept, people.
but you ask candidates to explain “graceful degradation” and they’ll sit and look at you with a blank stare.
Because big tech has ruined the internet and uses JavaScript among other things, to track you. Some people blame the plastic pollution on improper recycling when we know that’s exactly what the evil plastic industry wants us to do: blame the consumer. Similarly, people think it’s their responsibility to turn off JavaScript when they should be blaming big tech. Even if you get rid of JavaScript, they will just find other creating ways to track you (source). We have to fix the structures running the tech industry.