> they will probably perform even more invasive tricks like finger printing to replace the cookie requirement

It's clear you didn't even bother to look at plausibles data policy [1] before assuming what it does and doesn't collect. The TL;DR: it does not fingerprint, and it does not collect any identifiable information, be it about your device or your person.

> Bottom line, the website visitors data is still logged, stored and tracked - only now with a different actor.

Only basic device info is logged (not even IP addresses are stored). And it's very easy to self host so that different actor may be yourself.

[1]: https://plausible.io/data-policy#first-thing-first-what-we-c...