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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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