> There's a reason people use the NoScript addon

To be snarky, do they? The average user doesn't even know what JS is.

Users want websites that are fast and solve their problems, with a good UI. They don't care how it's made.

Make websites that people enjoy using. A good developer can do that with any set of tools, though a no-JS approach is limited in scope.

It's not an either/or. Modern Javascript is actually really nice to write and use, and you can write it in a tight, minimal way that doesn't bloat the page or slow it down.

>you can write it in a tight, minimal way that doesn't bloat the page or slow it down.

Yet most people don't.

There are some problems with the language itself but it's mostly from a users perspective that I find it frustrating.

Of course you can, but most people still opt to pull in a whole framework (React) or heavy library (jQuery) just to achieve what's essentially a few XMLHttpRequests and some DOM changes.

Maybe because it is easier to track one library, react and jsx. I wouldn't use xmlhttprequest since the request api exist.