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You can also add cookie warning filters to uBlock Origin, but those doesn't autoclick when CSS filters aren't sufficient.
I wonder if they built the analytics system themselves or are using a COTS.
I wonder what they’re using to track user activity instead, probably just a mix of server logs and the other goings on of the backend.
Cookie dialogs are indeed horrible and out of control. Good on them for making the jump. But I doubt many others can justify the cost associated with the change. We need a better solution that gives users choice but reduce the friction caused by annoying prompts.
One question I do have, however, is whether or not the new homepage[0] which shows where people are when they open a PR actually reveals their present location. In the few samples I checked it did not seem that the presence of the person indicated matched their bio's location settings. If it is truly unmasking people's location I think it should be opt-in only, since it is private information. An employer or state may have issues with someone opening a PR from a specific country at a specific time, for example.
[0] It may be required to open this in an incognito browser.
Have they found some alternative to cookies?
The alternative to asking permission to do intrusive things is to avoid doing intrusive things.
If they've gotten rid of 3rd party analytics, does this mean they're just using their own? Presumably session cookies count as "required", and could be used to track your actions at least on github.com.
Presumably the most they're using this for is recommending potentially interesting repos to you.
[1] Potential concern would be if "Microsoft" was considered "their own", since Bing does have an ad network. But my guess is between still having separate accounts and being treated as separate companies, that is not the case here... yet.
GitHub gives the example of "those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services", but curious if the law defines some sort of bright line here.
That was an unexpected nice gesture. I wonder what they’re using to track user activity instead, probably just a mix of server logs and the other goings on of the backend.