the really big players contract that out to companies whose entire purpose is data-harvesting

For sure, blocking those scripts goes a LONG way. But that’ll only work until lots of ppl do it. If it ever catches on big, the Identity Brokers will adapt. They’ll integrate their shit into sites in ways that are hard or impossible to separate this easily without totally breaking the site you were trying to visit.

IDK for sure, but I fear we could be living on borrowed time.