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It would be much simpler to block all requests to download the analytics javascript/web bug URL. Makes me think they want to keep collecting user data even if y

• kevincox 5y ago
  But the analytics script provides an API that some websites rely on so it would end up breaking some sites. This necessitates the approach of disarming the script rather than just blocking it.
  • mlindner 5y ago
    I just don't use websites that break because of that.
  • tedivm 5y ago
    I use ublock, which does block the script, and run into issues occasionally because of this. It seems to be mostly an issue with shopping carts.
    • smitop 5y ago
      uBlock Origin includes a dummy script that emulates the real Google Analytics script: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/src/web_accessible_resources/google-analytics_analytics.js https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/src/web_access...
    • neltnerb 5y ago
      Hmm, I don't think I've ever encountered a website that was broken without enabling javascript that was obviously analytics (I use umatrix pretty aggressively). The one that usually breaks checkout flow for me is that the credit card processors all want to use an iframe and often recaptcha and usually it takes 3-4 reloads before it actually even tries to load it all.
      • IYasha 5y ago
        I've seen a few sites that actually communicate with scripted-in ad providers to verify you have downloaded and watched their ads, visited partner pages. For "free" downloads, for example.
  • btdmaster 5y ago
    Fortunately Firefox has a shim to deal with this[1]. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637329 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637329