telling people to just go on shouldering that annoyance to ensure that the annoyance is minimized
With respect, please re-read my comment, because not only did I not say anything like this, I specifically pointed out that I am not saying anything like it!
Furthermore, the argument from incentives was not specifically (or even mostly) about trackers; it was about bloat in website design / features. Frankly, it does not seem to me like you have given due consideration to what I wrote in that section of my comment…
However I think you miss one important disadvantage of your approach: These alternatives are mostly blacklists, and so they become less useful as you get further into the less-trafficked corners of the web, which is also where you’re most likely to hit, e.g., invisible compromised resources.
This is an interesting counterpoint, certainly. I am curious to what extent this is true in practice, and whether you make this claim on the basis of experience, or supposition; do you have examples?
With respect, please re-read my comment, because not only did I not say anything like this, I specifically pointed out that I am not saying anything like it!
Furthermore, the argument from incentives was not specifically (or even mostly) about trackers; it was about bloat in website design / features. Frankly, it does not seem to me like you have given due consideration to what I wrote in that section of my comment…
This is an interesting counterpoint, certainly. I am curious to what extent this is true in practice, and whether you make this claim on the basis of experience, or supposition; do you have examples?
You’re right; I’m sorry that I didn’t read your comment sufficiently carefully.
The reasoning there is purely my expectation and isn’t based on data or particular experience.