CodeByZach / pace

Automatically add a progress bar to your site.
https://codebyzach.github.io/pace/
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Remove Google Analytics #498

Closed resynth1943 closed 3 years ago

resynth1943 commented 4 years ago

Thanks for contributing to the FOSS ecosystem with your product!

I do have one question for you, though: would you be willing to replace the Google Analytics tracking code with something that respects user privacy and security?

There are much better alternatives to Google Analytics, which can be seen here.

As Google have been at the scene in the majority of court cases regarding devious abuse of user privacy, we should seek to eliminate their influence from something they can't beat:

Free, Open-Source Software.

Instead of relying on a proprietary invasive product to generate analytical data about your project, perhaps you could try a FOSS alternative? I have gone to the trouble of creating a table, which details the advantages of each FOSS analytics solution:Here is a table of the annoyances of these analytics solutions.

Fathom Freshlytics Plausible Goatcounter Google [Analytics]
Issues cookies (none) (none) (none) Requires a Privacy Policy; collects IP information; Social interactions; Browsing history; GDPR cookie notice is required; ability to opt-out of tracking; creates an advertising profile of users

Anyway, I hope we can work together to replace Google Analytics in your project! I love seeing FOSS move away from dependencies on proprietary technologies. I can't wait to see what happens!

Thanks, Synth