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Oh yes they do, and why would you want to break network caching to spy on your users? You can always add some little js to ping your server (logs! Again!) or a
by eecc 6y ago
Oh yes they do, and why would you want to break network caching to spy on your users? You can always add some little js to ping your server (logs! Again!) or a non-cacheable tracking pixel.
- baddox 6y agoSure, you can do that. Google Analytics is merely a free version of that service.
- bengale 6y agoFree to you, the user pays with their data. This is apple giving the user the option not to subsidise the website operator.
- 0-O-0 6y agoTracking (especially first party) is not some shadowy value extraction scheme. You need at least some data to improve your service and understand what brings traffic to your page.
- tennineeight 6y agoThe developer also pays. By giving Google their entire viewer/user base, so Google knows whom to target if they decide to create an alternative.