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Re: Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics

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Post by zibzab »

commoner wrote: post #202
ionwake wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't Firefox still include google analytics into its Preferences dialog boxes or something? Im finding these stats ironic.

If you're referring to Firefox using Google Analytics for the Firefox Add-ons frontend, as of July 2017, Mozilla has disabled Google Analytics for any browser that has Do Not Track enabled. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... This change was made in response to pressure from HN readers, so thanks to everyone for that.

It's odd a company of that size cannot roll their own solution.

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Post by gpas »

buro9 wrote: post #12
Yuioup wrote: post #2

It would be 100% if I could do it on mobile.

Android offers Private DNS, just point that at nextdns.io and block things even within apps that aren't browsers. The biggest benefit is definitely the sheer speed at which news websites load on my phone now, even when I'm on a crap connection. Another benefit: This isn't a VPN, so you can still use a VPN whilst using Private DNS. Edit: Also... lol, I can't access TFA as plausible.io is also blocked on my network and…

Thanks for sharing nextdns. I just registered and I'm very impressed.

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Post by jopsen »

martinpw wrote: post #174
hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #105

Why so little? Honestly, I believe the percentage is much higher, we just deliberately unblock certain sites for market research and so on. Most of the web is completely unusable w/o adblockers.

Maybe browsing from work? Some companies have policies against installing third party browser extensions.

Or using default browser on your phone.

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Post by emptyfile »

ignoramous wrote: post #123
dgudkov wrote: post #110

It amazes me that over the last 10-20 years an astonishing amount of money and intellectual capital have been invested in adtech and crypto but nothing in micropayments. Ads are evil, but it will remain a moot point until we have working micropayments. We have (and will have) ads with all their downsides exactly because we don't have micropayments, because ads basically work as a substitute to micropayments.

Cryptocurrencies, ironically, enable micropayments. Orchid.com did an extensive write-up on how they achieve this ( https://www.orchid.com/assets/whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf Chapter 5, Nanopayments) The Brave Attention Token is another example. Although, I am not convinced micropayments would save the Internet from this ad-winter: It is hard to beat free at scale.

"Enable micropayments". Where are they disabled? And in what world is it easier to do a micro payment with cryptocurrency instead of one of your cards?

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Post by mkl »

zibzab wrote: post #211
commoner wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're referring to Firefox using Google Analytics for the Firefox Add-ons frontend, as of July 2017, Mozilla has disabled Google Analytics for any browser that has Do Not Track enabled. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... This change was made in response to pressure from HN readers, so thanks to everyone for that.

It's odd a company of that size cannot roll their own solution.

Maybe it's a condition of their funding deals with Google?

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turbinerneiter wrote: post #15

There is a German movie about the system that is used to gather TV ratings. It's a special box that some users get which reports what they are watching. Small sample size goes into a big statistic (not sure how accurate the portrayal of the system in the movie is). These boxes are given to the people who pay the German public TV fee, which excludes i.e. students (they don't have to pay) and some other groups. This gr…

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Post by tsjq »

daitangio wrote: post #146

PiHole is my preferred solution. I have come with some insights here: https://gioorgi.com/2020/pihole-lockdown/ Give it a try! https://pi-hole.net/

is there a way to run this pi-hole on cloud so, multiple users can use it , and also while using mobile data ? also, for those who do not want to spend on / does knot know to fiddle with RPi.
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