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Stop using Google Analytics, warns Sweden's privacy watchdog, as it issues over $1M in fines (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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For clarity: This relates explicitly to UA not GA4. That doesn’t however mean that the current version is deemed GDPR compliant; that is likely something that a future investigation will decide.

Google claims that GA4 should be compliant, but at the same time they have also for years until a few days ago been providing a version of GA that wasn’t.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use a self-hosted instance of Plausible Analytics. It's privacy-respecting and the analytics data is only available the site operators, not shared to any big corp to optimize the monetization effort. And as a bonus, it's not blocked by any ad blocker so the data is more accurate.

[–] snek 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I found this article of theirs to be shamelessly plugging: https://plausible.io/blog/google-analytics-illegal

And even though they might be good, knowing the internet today, I find myself incapable of trusting them... anything that starts off in ad-format makes me icky and unsure. It could be the best tool in the world, but I hate pitches.

PS: Yes, I know I am linking to their pitch, but I'm not the kind to hide links. Better have them all out to discuss than tucked away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The key point is you can self-host it and the source is open. If PA getting shitty in the future, you can just keep your instance in the last known good version, or even use a forked version if someone decided to fork.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In fairness, as a service, they were basically just handed a golden ticket.

[–] snek 2 points 1 year ago

True, and they are making lemonade for sure.

But again, my issue is with sleezy advertisement for a 'profitable open source' product.