Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast
by novok on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:19PM
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The choice isn't GA or no analytics. You can do local server side analytics yourself if you wanted to, and even buy an on-prem product from someone out there that does the same.
Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast
by arcturus17 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:45PM
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They’d probably steal your data and peek into it regardless.
My fatalistic outlook is justified by the amount of documented abuses they’ve committed over the years. Nothing is sacred to them, except the idea that “more data (in our servers) is good”.
The problem with your view is you have X resources to get things done - how do you measure the ROI or even get an idea of possible strategies.
Of course you can go back to the 1960's mad men era "its toasted" approach to marketing, but that's not the best use of resources.