You're absolutely correct, it IS the principle of the thing.  I, also, was very hopeful that this software would help with transparency and limit tracking.  Instead, it seems that they want to choose WHO tracks you, to the benefit of the advertising partners of Ghostery, or whatever the current name of their parent company.  They haven't been acquired, it seems, but change their name and explain with doubletalk.  Their usage stats are not transparent, nor is their business model, and when I attempt to to disable/delete their software, they act very much like malware.  As the man said, "If it walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, ..." 205.197.242.187