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> There's also no consent banner, so this doesn't seem GDPR compliant Plausible uses this one weird trick where they don't use cookies and don't store PII, and
by wongarsu 3y ago
> There's also no consent banner, so this doesn't seem GDPR compliant
Plausible uses this one weird trick where they don't use cookies and don't store PII, and thus don't need consent (neither for cookies nor for GDPR). You lose some data because you can't track users across visits, but you gain accuracy (because you can track every visit, not just people who agree) and don't have to annoy your visitors.
- quickthrower2 3y agoSo… www logs. That weird trick they have been using since 1994 or earlier!
- wongarsu 3y agoBasically. Except that htaccess logs won't correctly track page visits on your fancy react page, so you still need a bit of JavaScript. And once you have that you can also track visit time a bit better, or track goal conversions like how often people click some specific button. But other than that it's basically a more modern webalizer.
- qingcharles 3y agoAnd Plausible won't correctly track visits for users who block their JavaScript :) Also, last year I found a bug in Plausible's script which silently stops it working on some pages, so your data won't be accurate in those scenarios either.