All of these are about sponsored content. AFAIK in tje current model of sponsored content have to inlude some tracking as they need to keep track of how many click goea through, acvording to that they will charge their client.

I kind of wish there would be non-tracking based ads, like burned in mid-roll ads on youtube: Just give a shout out and collect money. But it is pertty hard to convince others to switch to that model without solid data.

Finally, everything they mentioned are sponsored content and pocket, both can be turned off with one click. I call that a win in the distopian modern internet.