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I think the Homebrew maintainers anticipated lots of grievances even with a transition away from GA, but being "cringe" was not one of them.

dbg31415 3y ago
Cringe because it's listening to the kooks in tinfoil hats. The same sort of people who say the 5G is coming to get them, and Covid Vaccines make you magnetic. 3 days later, EU signs off on data transfer. There's something to be said for not wasting time on changes that don't matter in the end. All these people getting worked up for nothing. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/big-tech-can-transfer-europeans-data-to-us-in-win-for-facebook-and-google/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/big-tech-can-tra...
- woodruffw 3y ago
  As you'll note, the Homebrew blog doesn't mention either the EU or GDPR. Please don't confuse others' editorializations for official views.
stjohnswarts 3y ago
cringe is indeed a tough x-factor to model in my analytics algos
- dbg31415 3y ago
  Cringe because... "Why bother?" and more so, "Why talk about it?" If Google isn't in compliance, Google will get there... or appeal the ruling, or find some other way so that every user of GA doesn't have to migrate off it. So I find it cringe because I see it as the tech equivalent of those people who rave about 5G making their COVID vaccines magnetic. It's just GA... use it, don't use it. But jumping to comply with a poorly written law, and saying like, "See this law that is poorly written deserves our respect!" Meh. It'll all get overturned. It's a poorly written law. Plus there are plenty of places to go to "get your GA into compliance" without uninstalling GA. * How to Make Your Google Analytics 4 [GA4] Implementation GDPR Compliant? - Reflective Data | https://reflectivedata.com/how-to-make-your-google-analytics-4-ga4-implementation-gdpr-compliant/ https://reflectivedata.com/how-to-make-your-google-analytics...

dbg31415 3y ago

Cringe because it's listening to the kooks in tinfoil hats. The same sort of people who say the 5G is coming to get them, and Covid Vaccines make you magnetic. 3 days later, EU signs off on data transfer. There's something to be said for not wasting time on changes that don't matter in the end. All these people getting worked up for nothing. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/big-tech-can-transfer-europeans-data-to-us-in-win-for-facebook-and-google/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/big-tech-can-tra...

woodruffw 3y ago
As you'll note, the Homebrew blog doesn't mention either the EU or GDPR. Please don't confuse others' editorializations for official views.

stjohnswarts 3y ago

cringe is indeed a tough x-factor to model in my analytics algos

dbg31415 3y ago
Cringe because... "Why bother?" and more so, "Why talk about it?" If Google isn't in compliance, Google will get there... or appeal the ruling, or find some other way so that every user of GA doesn't have to migrate off it. So I find it cringe because I see it as the tech equivalent of those people who rave about 5G making their COVID vaccines magnetic. It's just GA... use it, don't use it. But jumping to comply with a poorly written law, and saying like, "See this law that is poorly written deserves our respect!" Meh. It'll all get overturned. It's a poorly written law. Plus there are plenty of places to go to "get your GA into compliance" without uninstalling GA. * How to Make Your Google Analytics 4 [GA4] Implementation GDPR Compliant? - Reflective Data | https://reflectivedata.com/how-to-make-your-google-analytics-4-ga4-implementation-gdpr-compliant/ https://reflectivedata.com/how-to-make-your-google-analytics...