Requesting ads doesn't have to be on pageload.

Advertisers may want to track everything, but that doesn't mean you have to. If everyone is doing it, you can differentiate by saying NO.

As a marketer my problem never was "I don't have enough data", but it always was "I don't have enough traffic". Give me quality traffic and I'll hand you my money.

As a publisher THAT's what I want to offer. Quality traffic, without all the bullshit.

Maybe that gets me 10% of the revenue that all scummy 'best practices' get me, but I think it will work out great in the long run.

I only need an ad network to facilitate this, without having to set it up myself.