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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by panta82 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @08:09PM (#26289743)
I am not deep into analytics space, but I know from experience that the most popular ad blocker (ublock origin) will block the most popular self hosted analytics package (matomo).
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Re:Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in stri... by XCSme on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:22AM (#26293577)
The thing about blocking self-hosted analytics is that it's very easy to avoid being blocked if you want. You can just change the included tracker name, or request parameter names.
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