Disabling java script is something I have tried too, but it did come with all sorts of severe downsides, so that's where I had to draw the line.

I get that, 100%. That is exactly where most people land, on the topic.

I feel obligated to mention that, to the best of my knowledge, JavaScript being globally enabled means a person is 100% not anonymous at any time.

Trackers can, and do, ask JavaScript hundreds of questions about the browser, it's region, it's underlying OS, and plugins.

Studies show they typically arrive at a 100% certainly unique fingerprint that they can attach to a real name and home address, before cookies even get involved.

Your choices of browsers should greatly help, but there's evidence that most of them don't do enough to prevent a unique fingerprint, while JavaScript is enabled.

The GrapheneOS Vanadium project team blog about this privacy battle regularly. The current privacy outlook with JavaScript enabled seems to still be pretty poor, to me.

Sorry, I don't have a good solution. But I figure as long as we're discussing this publicly, we can raise some awareness.

The right answer is to throw corporate criminals in jail to deter their arms race, but I don't see much evidence that will happen soon.