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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 10, 2022 @08:01AM (#30285433)
> Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains.

What percentage of the general population do you estimate a) will know enough to want to do this and b) will know how to do it?

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by can16358p on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:08AM (#30286158)
They don't need to browse the free web as well, but they choose to do.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:08AM (#30287119)
That's like blaming the people in Flint, Michigan for drinking the lead-tainted water.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by can16358p on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:12AM (#30298054)
You need to drink water to survive. You browse web voluntarily, picking the website you want to visit voluntarily and with intention to go there. No one dies if they don't visit a website.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by ceejayoz on Friday February 11, 2022 @06:31AM (#30300176)
Yeah, no.

My kids cannot opt out of Microsoft Teams - it’s a school requirement. People applying for jobs are gonna have to apply online these days.

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