Seems that Readability/Pocket/Instapaper go a long way toward that goal. Safari has a reader view too.
So perhaps it’s simply a browser or setting to always use the Reader view.
And, fwiw, Medium is doing essentially this. Perhaps ads, which hurt usability in obvious and non-obvious ways, are enough of a detriment that they will trend down. Or, perhaps web ads will be more like TV commercials, where nobody mistakes them for the main content.
So perhaps it’s simply a browser or setting to always use the Reader view.
And, fwiw, Medium is doing essentially this. Perhaps ads, which hurt usability in obvious and non-obvious ways, are enough of a detriment that they will trend down. Or, perhaps web ads will be more like TV commercials, where nobody mistakes them for the main content.