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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

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post #35

It doesn't even offer close to the features Google Analytics offers and costs $12/month. The same such a service as Netflix costs. The idea is nice but looking at the actual product here: https://simpleanalytics.io/simpleanalytics.io It disappoints in every way, you can't even check yesterdays stats.

Please remember this is a Show HN, very early stage.

You could argue that if it is very early stage, then it's maybe not the right time to charge $12/month.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#52

Creator here. As a developer, I install analytics for clients, but I never feel comfortable installing Google Analytics because Google creates profiles for their visitors, and uses their information for apps (like AdWords). As we all know, big corporations unnecessarily track users without their consent. I want to change that. So I built Simple Analytics. To ensure that it's fast, secure, and stable, I built it entir…

> The script is publicly available

Nice. You might want to add an explicit copyright/license though. Make it less (or more) dangerous for other devs to read it...

I think it could actually be quite useful to "standardize" on a simple (open/libre) front end for analytics (with an implied back-end standard).

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#53
post #35

It doesn't even offer close to the features Google Analytics offers and costs $12/month. The same such a service as Netflix costs. The idea is nice but looking at the actual product here: https://simpleanalytics.io/simpleanalytics.io It disappoints in every way, you can't even check yesterdays stats.

> The same such a service as Netflix costs

It's a business service, not a consumer service. Apples to oranges. People will pay for it.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey I like the idea but have a question. How are you storing all the information that analytics users want to know i.e. (What devices, what languages, what geolocations, what queries, what page navigations and clicks, etc.) After reading what you collect I'm assuming you are doing a lot of JS sniffing of browser properties to gather this information along with IP address analysis is that correct? Or what are you plan…

It doesn't look like they collect or store languages, geolocations, or devices beyond screen sizes.

And even if they did, if it is stored as aggregates, I (as a visitor) wouldn't mind.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#55
post #17

I've moved away from using any kind of script embedded in my webpages for tracking and instead just use Goaccess ( https://goaccess.io/ ) to analyze my logs. Though there are obvious caveats with this, you need to install it, configure the server logging to match it and so on. But personally the benefits outweighs the cons, it all runs on the server, you are the sole owner off all the data and this tracking doesn't r…

From what Simple Analytics says they collect on their website, it sounds like the only information missing from GoAccess (or server logs in general) is screen width.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#56

Creator here. As a developer, I install analytics for clients, but I never feel comfortable installing Google Analytics because Google creates profiles for their visitors, and uses their information for apps (like AdWords). As we all know, big corporations unnecessarily track users without their consent. I want to change that. So I built Simple Analytics. To ensure that it's fast, secure, and stable, I built it entir…

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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#57
post #17

I've moved away from using any kind of script embedded in my webpages for tracking and instead just use Goaccess ( https://goaccess.io/ ) to analyze my logs. Though there are obvious caveats with this, you need to install it, configure the server logging to match it and so on. But personally the benefits outweighs the cons, it all runs on the server, you are the sole owner off all the data and this tracking doesn't r…

I LOVE Goaccess and highly recommend it as well. My single complaint is the lack of ability to filter/define a date and time range. I know there is an issue for it but last time I checked it had been open for quite some time :(.

This is good feedback I can use, will implement this.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#58
"We don't use cookies or collect any personal data."

IP-address is considered personal data. So when the browsers visits a page with the JS, the IP-address of the user is transferred to your server. So that means the website I am visiting is sharing my IP-address with a third-party (you).

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please remember this is a Show HN, very early stage.

You could argue that if it is very early stage, then it's maybe not the right time to charge $12/month.

Exactly what I thought as well, for what it is at the moment it isn't worth anything. Also I doubt that Analytics is a B2B only product, the majority will be private persons running their blog or hobby forum using it.

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

#60
post #35

It doesn't even offer close to the features Google Analytics offers and costs $12/month. The same such a service as Netflix costs. The idea is nice but looking at the actual product here: https://simpleanalytics.io/simpleanalytics.io It disappoints in every way, you can't even check yesterdays stats.

> The same such a service as Netflix costs It's a business service, not a consumer service. Apples to oranges. People will pay for it.

I doubt that Analytics is a B2B only product, the majority of users will be private persons running their blog or hobby forum using it.
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