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Re:Web.dev by Google by PavlovsCat on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:03AM (#18439890)
I see no explanation given why an asset that never changes would need to be requested once a day, and they clearly state they do record it.

> We only [sic] see 1 CSS request per font family, per day, per browser. Google Fonts logs records of the CSS and the font file requests, and access to this data is kept secure.

I read that as what's written there. It's for tracking. Tracking popularity is still tracking.

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Re:Web.dev by Google by jopsen on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @10:21AM (#18441593)
> Tracking popularity is still tracking.

Tracking usually refers to tracking users, which as I read the FAQ isn't what it's for.

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Re:Web.dev by Google by PavlovsCat on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:49AM (#18448268)
They take and keep the tracking data. What they say they use it for doesn't change that. If they simply incremented a counter the bit about "keeping access to the data secure" would make no sense.
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