Analytics helps authors understand their visitor demographics and if what they are creating is right or wrong (not in the moral sense). I don't publish free con

Analytics helps authors understand their visitor demographics and if what they are creating is right or wrong (not in the moral sense). I don't publish free content for myself. If you want to anonymously consume others' work for free use Tor. Site visitors are saying "how can we work around the visibly-expressed intent of the site authors and avoid giving them the data which they have visibly demonstrated they need". I totally understand blocking trackers and ads, but the "holier than though" attitude you demonstrate above only helps to solidify the hold the incumbents already have. By all means block all the trackers from the demonstrably evil corps with motives that serve to exploit you... but asking small blog authors to act guilty so you can block their analytics while consuming their content for free is entitlist and exploitive on your part. That said, I'm aware this is a slippery slope and I am glad people like you exist and push for privacy, even if I think it's a bit extreme sometimes.