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For example, analytics scripts don’t necessarily need to be enabled even if other scripts are. NoScript in particular allows such options.

Not only analytics but advertising and general “tracking” stuff. There are many reasons and any individual may have one or more which would persuade the decision.

If one “offers advice” that a website “doesn’t work with javascript disabled” just consider that they are suggesting to try implementing progressive enhancement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement) as is done on the linked page. Basically get the page working with HTML only, then add CSS, then add JS.



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