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.
Why spend time and money on something that will end up being only half functional. It costs money to support that.
For the sake of graceful degredation, that’s the whole point of the post