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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by joosters on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:14PM (#10474342)
That's not a valid comparison. If your site needs a custom font, the users have to download it from somewhere - the data needs to be sent. For analytics, the HTTP request can be dropped entirely, since the data can be extracted from the web server logs.
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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by Silhouette on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:28PM (#10474826)
For analytics, the HTTP request can be dropped entirely, since the data can be extracted from the web server logs.

No, it can't, at least not in general. That's what others here are trying to explain to you. It can be very useful, and in both the visitors' and the host's interests, for someone operating a site that has a lot of client-side interactivity to see what's really going on, for example.

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