Yes I use many of those. I whitelist every domain allowed to execute JavaScript on my machine, and for the most part I get a better browsing experience for it.

Yes I use many of those. I whitelist every domain allowed to execute JavaScript on my machine, and for the most part I get a better browsing experience for it. So with regards to BuzzFeed I'm very aware of what garbage their site is. Right now on BuzzFeedNews I see 9 third party domains running ads or tracking pixels via JavaScript. Ironically, one of those 9 is Facebook. So Facebook is tracking the people reading this article about how Facebook is tracking them. But most people aren't technologically savvy enough or can't be bothered to run tools like these, and just browse the internet with basically no understanding of what is happening as they do.