Yeah Ladybird is interesting, and might become the answer to my question at some point in the future. Unfortunately, it's not a good-enough answer today.

Can we make it good-enough? And not by adding features to it but by making websites that don't need them? I'd rather browse the kind of web that browsers like Dillo and Ladybird can browse.

Sponsorship tiers start at $1000/year, which is one sfbay mocha to go every weekday. For those that can afford that, perhaps it’ll help make the future you desire come true sooner.