You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript

Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript by PommeDeTerre on Friday July 26, 2013 @08:09AM (#6107739)

Nonsense. Users can very likely block Google Analytics on your site with ease, and without impacting the rest of your site's functionality. That's not necessarily the case when more critical content is served from Google's servers.

Regardless of what your privacy policy states, the responsible thing to do is to at least give your users the option of opting out of such tracking by third-parties, all while still leaving your site usable.

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Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript by UnoriginalGuy on Friday July 26, 2013 @08:32AM (#6107817)

If Google's CDN is unavailable it falls back to a local copy we host. Inline with this example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5257923/how-to-load-local...

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Re:You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript by nly on Friday July 26, 2013 @11:46AM (#6108817)

> the responsible thing to do is to at least give your users the option of opting out of such tracking by third-parties

Reddit do this. You can choose to load their js from their own servers rather than a CDN.

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