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Bottom left text gives reasons that relate to security, which is also related to privacy. I don't trust arbitrary scripts, and I find it more convenient to simply disallow them. While css can theoretically be used to track mouse movements, that is typically done with javascripts, and I find that creepy af. I don't like the feeling that I'm being observed. I get enough of that whenever I go outside into this dystopic world.
So on that note, as I've said in some other comments within this thread, I prefer static pages from a UX perspective. Static pages feel comfy and safe, at least in comparison to the alternative. In contrast, javascripts tend to make the UX of sites worse in my view. So there aren't any compelling reasons for me to allow them most of the time.
It comes down to this: What do I gain by allowing javascripts? What I see is largely nothing. What do I lose by allowing javascripts? Comfort, calm, and a relaxed experience.
That's fair. My reasoning for avoiding Javascript is that I'm a bit paranoid about keystroke fingerprinting and mouse fingerprinting, and I honestly wonder if modern captchas are already using these techniques.
Those issues concern me too, and as I've said in another comment somewhere, while it's technically possible to do the same using css, it is actively used via javascripts. I remember reading an article a long time ago about how google's cursor-fingerprinting was able to accurately diagnose parkinson's symptons that were too subtle to detect any other way. And I don't think that google has ever made any attempt to inform such users. That is the character of google. That with their massive powers, they never bother to do good without profit or further control.