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samarsault / plainwhite-jekyll

A configurable portfolio-style jekyll theme for writers.
https://samarsault.com
MIT License
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Remove Google Analytics #58

Closed resynth1943 closed 4 years ago

resynth1943 commented 4 years ago

Would you be willing to remove this Google Analytics 'functionality' from this theme? There are better alternatives if you must keep tabs on users' activity.

Some reputable alternatives can be seen here: https://switching.software/replace/google-analytics/

samarsault commented 4 years ago

I think it is ideal to leave it to the user of theme to decide what he wants to use. Moreover, if there exists a convenient way to integrate any product with this theme, I don't see any point in removing that.

AlexVerrico commented 4 years ago

Hi. Just thought I would throw my two cents in the ring. @resynth1943, building on from what @samarsault said, this feature is entirely opt-in, and is for webmasters to track user traffic, which is a necessary part of running a website. I agree that there are alternatives, but I feel that rather than just remove google analytics entirely it would make more sense to add the option for users to link a different analytics service. Alternatively, if you really don't like google analytics and don't even want the option, you could just build your website from your own fork of the repo. Cheers, Alex.

AlexVerrico commented 4 years ago

@samarsault I think you can probably close this pr. There doesn't seem to be any progress been made.