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You might well be right, but I, along with lots of other firefox users run extensions like NoScript which blocks 3rd party javascript unless explicitly whitelis
by kybernetikos 7y ago
You might well be right, but I, along with lots of other firefox users run extensions like NoScript which blocks 3rd party javascript unless explicitly whitelisted, so I expect a much higher proportion of firefox users probably don't show up on analytics packages (which is how statcounter stats are generated). DuckDuckGo Privacy essentials plugin also blocks statcounter, as I'm sure do many other privacy related plugins.
Even if you are a firefox user who doesn't use third party plugins, firefox itself will block statcounter if you have enhanced tracking protection turned on. I couldn't find a similar setting in Chrome.
- w0m 7y agoI'd think it's a fairly safe bet that noscript users aren't a statistically significant part of total web users
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- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoUnless you're spoofing your User-Agent string, servers still know what browser you're using. You don't need to be running client-side analytics scripts for browser market measurements.
- kybernetikos 7y agoSure, but that's not how statcounter or most advanced analytics packages work. Your browser doesn't make a request to the analytics server if you're blocking it, so while the content server might know the user agent, the analytics server generally doesn't.