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The app does need to know what your email address at gmail is in order to work.
by EduardoBautista 8y ago
The app does need to know what your email address at gmail is in order to work.
- DarwinMailApp 8y agoCorrect! Other than that there is no need to collect much other information at all. Google Analytics is currently how I see how users found DarwinMail & where they came from. Google Analytics also provides info such as users device and browser type. A list of the data Google Analytics collects can be found here: https://www.shivarweb.com/2977/what-does-google-analytics-do https://www.shivarweb.com/2977/what-does-google-analytics-do Google Analytics is the defacto standard for millions of websites across the web.
- markovbot 8y agoShould probably mention that next you your statement about privacy. I would consider an email service that has Google analytics on it not terribly private
- DarwinMailApp 8y agoIt is true that using Google Analytics does sound quite overt. The question remains, how else can I see where my users are visiting from, what browsers & mobile devices are they using so that I may better tailor DarwinMail?
- baldomo 8y agoI would suggest one of the alternatives listed at https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-google-analytics https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-google-anal... . Fathom in particular is open source and can be self hosted
- DarwinMailApp 8y agoWow! Thank you for those suggestions. I've looked into Fathom before. I quite like what's offered. And the fact that's it's open source is the cherry on top :) Thank you very much for the suggestion and for giving me a direct link to check out more.
- kryptk 8y agoI've dropped Google Analytics in favor of good old fashioned server log parsing with several off the shelf tools. The load times of my site, the quality of my stats and the privacy of my users have all been improved.
- DarwinMailApp 8y agoThat's quite interesting. I like the sound of that. Thank you for your feedback.