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Re:Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy ... by baddox on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:49AM (#23625262)
Sure, you can do that. Google Analytics is merely a free version of that service.
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Re:Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy ... by bengale on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:22AM (#23625495)
Free to you, the user pays with their data. This is apple giving the user the option not to subsidise the website operator.
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Re:Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy ... by 0-O-0 on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:18AM (#23626232)
Tracking (especially first party) is not some shadowy value extraction scheme. You need at least some data to improve your service and understand what brings traffic to your page.
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Re:Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy ... by tennineeight on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:41AM (#23626366)
The developer also pays. By giving Google their entire viewer/user base, so Google knows whom to target if they decide to create an alternative.
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