First off, I appreciate the points this post highlights and it's encouraged me to check my own site which has two items blocked by Ghostery - google analytics a

First off, I appreciate the points this post highlights and it's encouraged me to check my own site which has two items blocked by Ghostery - google analytics and typekit. Fair enough on the former, the latter is less understandable, although I guess that any third-party javascript requests can expose the user to tracking, so I still don't have a problem with that. That leads me onto my main point: As soon as you outsource functionality, you give up layers of control. The relevant website is outsourcing not only to Disqus for comments, but blogger; the author then complains that they don't have as much control over their content - go figure. I've never really considered that the benefits of disqus outweigh the disadvantages - why not just own your own comments, have more control over them, deliver a faster experience, etc.?