I hate HTML5, and absolutely think markdown or plain HTML or RSS or Gemini or some other standard would be a massive improvement. The problem isn’t picking the standard or creating the browser, it’s having content available.
Maybe you can campaign for a law that says if a data centre servers js, it legally has to be bombed. If a website doesn’t work without js they have to pay for a person to come to your door and operate it for you.





How?? If it costs more to send data, Netflix will just send you lower quality video. You should want them to send you the same data or more data, but in a standard file type so it works with all your software and devices.
But hey, maybe companies will cut back on their node_modules folders now.