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Re:Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking co... by kibwen on Sunday April 24, 2022 @03:07PM (#31147183)
Why care? Despite all the pearl-clutching, knowing how many visitors you have is only marginally useful data at best, so it doesn't need to be precise.
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Re:Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking co... by nicbou on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:41AM (#31151922)
Are you being disingenuous? Do you really think that commercial websites can operate without knowing if their visitor count dropped by 15% over 30 days, or what their visitors come looking for, or through which channels they find and buy your products?
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Re:Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking co... by account42 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:24AM (#31155250)
None of that requires distinguishing users from hits, definitely not beyond the guesses you can make from server-side logs.
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