Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
by ddaalluu1 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:55AM
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Are you working for them?
When I want to "try for free" I'm assigned a unique ID which is then used in all DNS resolution requests. How is that even remotely tracking-safe?
Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
by isoprophlex on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:48AM
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No, not working for them.
The unique id is to retain settings across different devices.
Of course you have to trust them not to sell you out.
Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
by aembleton on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:29AM
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> very limited battery impact.
Why would it use any extra battery? The phone has to make DNS lookups whether its with the one from nextDns or from the DHCP server.
Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
by isoprophlex on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:49AM
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I've had bad experiences, battery-wise, using on-device adblocking solutions (that inspect DOM). An alternative i tried was tunneling to my raspberry pi that ran pihole (dns blocker), and bouncing all my traffic off the home connection, but that was also battery intensive.
You're right, this dns solution is very unobtrusive when it comes to energy use.
Works on ios and android.
I think their free tier is very generous at 300k lookups/month; otherwise it's something cheap like 2€/month if you want unlimited lookups (i use this to block tracking on all my devices + home network)