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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by smadge on Friday February 26, 2021 @08:15PM (#26281764)
Integrating with Google Analytics on the server-side as opposed to the client-side has always been available. Developers just rarely do it because it is easier to add a JavaScript snippet to the page.
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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by sp332 on Friday February 26, 2021 @08:27PM (#26281828)
It gives much more detailed data like how long a user keeps a page open, and browser fingerprinting data that's not available server-side like querying fonts or viewport size.
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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by bigiain on Friday February 26, 2021 @09:44PM (#26282153)
All of that stuff can still run as 1st party js on your site, then use your own server to proxy it all back to GA if you want to.
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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by bradleykingz on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:31AM (#26283148)
Yeah. But it's much easier to copy paste a script.
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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by tinus_hn on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:22AM (#26284122)
How do they provide that? Doesn’t that require you to use a proscribed server stack?
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