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Show HN: I built a map of countries where Google Analytics is illegal

Alifatisk 4y ago
I see a lot lf pending cases, Isn’t Google worried?
blue_cookeh 4y ago
Unfortunate that the map is on your simpleanalytics.com site. NextDNS tells me it is blocked by the notracking list: https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists It's also bizarre that some pretty major countries haven't been researched that are probably significant contributors to legitimate Internet traffic (UK, AUS, India etc.)
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- AdriaanvRossum 4y ago
  You need to start somewhere!
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klntsky 4y ago
This is the unfortunate situation we are in: software vendors are being banned by the governments from executing code on client side of websites. It is mostly bad for European countries though, because inability to use advanced analytics could break business processes for companies that rely on them for their internal metrics. Which ultimately means, they will be forced to deliver a subpar product due to uninformed decisions.
- perilunar 4y ago
  No one is banning client-side code execution — they are banning tracking without consent. Bad for advertisers, but good for everyone else.
  - XCSme 4y ago
    But isn't this the other way around? Like, they should ban platform X or Y, but make sure that the website respects the privacy laws. I don't think it's even fair to single out specific companies, each website owner should do whatever they want and make sure themselves that are respecting the law. The law can't say platforms X and Y are banned, and the webmaster simply goes with the recently released platform Z that is yet to be banned. I think that user data should never be sent to any third party without explicit user consent, but first-party data storage should be allowed if it used for legitimate business interest (e.g. improving the product usability, performance or stability).
  - klntsky 4y ago
    > good for everyone else Content creators are tied economically to advertisers.
    - perilunar 4y ago
      Only the ones that advertise.
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I see a lot lf pending cases, Isn’t Google worried?

Unfortunate that the map is on your simpleanalytics.com site. NextDNS tells me it is blocked by the notracking list: https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists It's also bizarre that some pretty major countries haven't been researched that are probably significant contributors to legitimate Internet traffic (UK, AUS, India etc.)

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AdriaanvRossum 4y ago
You need to start somewhere!

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klntsky 4y ago

This is the unfortunate situation we are in: software vendors are being banned by the governments from executing code on client side of websites. It is mostly bad for European countries though, because inability to use advanced analytics could break business processes for companies that rely on them for their internal metrics. Which ultimately means, they will be forced to deliver a subpar product due to uninformed decisions.

perilunar 4y ago
No one is banning client-side code execution — they are banning tracking without consent. Bad for advertisers, but good for everyone else.
- XCSme 4y ago
  But isn't this the other way around? Like, they should ban platform X or Y, but make sure that the website respects the privacy laws. I don't think it's even fair to single out specific companies, each website owner should do whatever they want and make sure themselves that are respecting the law. The law can't say platforms X and Y are banned, and the webmaster simply goes with the recently released platform Z that is yet to be banned. I think that user data should never be sent to any third party without explicit user consent, but first-party data storage should be allowed if it used for legitimate business interest (e.g. improving the product usability, performance or stability).
- klntsky 4y ago
  > good for everyone else Content creators are tied economically to advertisers.
  - perilunar 4y ago
    Only the ones that advertise.

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