Exactly - I think the sweetspot here is 'disabling disqus via Ghostery should block disqus, but not anything else' - the author of the original article appears

Exactly - I think the sweetspot here is 'disabling disqus via Ghostery should block disqus, but not anything else' - the author of the original article appears to be arguing against the use of Ghostery altogether as a result of being burned by choosing disqus in the first place.