NoScript
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 29, 2026first mention
Sep 5, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use noscript instead of an ad blocker.”
“I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.”
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“It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.”
“NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions 1 mention
- Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did 1 mention
- Modern email can be built from borrowed parts 1 mention
- So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe 1 mention
- Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow 1 mention
- Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used 1 mention
Data: noscript.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“Even using Noscript it's becoming more and more exhausting every year”
“I use noscript instead of an ad blocker.”
“I do have JS disabled (more precisely, I use NoScript)”
“I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.”
“It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.”
“NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers”
“Firefox with Noscript works fine in desktop mode.”