When you enable the Lazy Images feature in Jetpack, it also brings in jQuery.
Describe the solution you'd like
An updated version of the Lazy Images JavaScript code that does not require jQuery - a.k.a. vanilla JavaScript.
Additional context
I recently ran tests under slow mobile conditions and just enabling the Lazy Images feature in Jetpack increased the start render times by 21%. A big part of that is the 335% increase in JavaScript being loaded on the page. Of that a big chunk comes from jQuery, at 94 KB.
When you enable the Lazy Images feature in Jetpack, it also brings in jQuery.
Describe the solution you'd like
An updated version of the Lazy Images JavaScript code that does not require jQuery - a.k.a. vanilla JavaScript.
Additional context
I recently ran tests under slow mobile conditions and just enabling the Lazy Images feature in Jetpack increased the start render times by 21%. A big part of that is the 335% increase in JavaScript being loaded on the page. Of that a big chunk comes from jQuery, at 94 KB.