I don't know enough about webdev, but why is google analytics request sent by the client? Wouldn't it be easier for the webhost to send a request to google "thi

I don't know enough about webdev, but why is google analytics request sent by the client? Wouldn't it be easier for the webhost to send a request to google "this IP with this browser connected to me requesting this content", making it impossible to block on the client side?